I read recently that in patient's with ALS, approx 90% were found to have a virus, an entero virus of some kind. Ionic/ Colloidal Silver is reported to be able to kill the virus that may be the causative factor in ALS. In fact I found a protocol for treating ALS with Colloidal Silver . This is something that needs to be invested further, but thought I'd put this comment up now even though my info is sketchy, in case anyone cares to explore Colloidal Silver as a treatment possibility.