Are there people living with argyria today who got it from taking “modern CS,” as opposed to silver nitrate?
I have unsubstantiated reports of two new cases from “modern CS.” Contrary to the promotional claims, silver nitrate is not the only drug that has caused argyria. It has been produced by every from of silver used, including metallic, (23, 24) but why would you expect to find new cases of argyria now? There are cases in which a silver drug was used for close to two decades before argyria developed. (25) People have just started using “modern CS” and hopefully a lot of it is just water. I posted this in January of 1999. Unfortunately now in November 2002, as everyone familiar with argyria and silver has predicted for years, there are cases caused by “modern CS”. One is the case of Stan Jones, the Libertarian Senate candidate from Montana. His case was reported by media beginning in the first week of October of this year. I could give you links to some of the reports, but they probably will not be active when you read this. For that reason I’d suggest that you use a search engine to searc
