Personally on one level I agree with Finallyfaith in principle, but I also can go the other way with this for myself. If you purchased your silver instead of making it yourself, you will probably be taking small amounts. I take acidopholus maybe 2-3 hours away from the silver, and I would think that this would more than take care of any damage silver does to good bacteria. Additionally I believe silver can kill some of the things that can cause leaky gut.