Is Ozone Therapy effective?

[SViking]

I have a close friend who I respect her opinion and she insists that Ozone Therapy would help fight cancer. What say the great minds here?

Ozone Therapy for Tumor Oxygenation: a Pilot Study - PMC

Systemic Review: Ozone: A Potential New Chemotherapy - PMC

Frontiers | Ozone therapy for high-grade glioma: an overview

The apoptotic effect of ozone therapy on mitochondrial activity of highly metastatic breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 using in vitro approaches - ScienceDirect

Ozone Therapy: A powerful cancer treating protocol | 58225

Ozone Therapy as Adjuvant for Cancer Treatment: Is Further Research Warranted? - PMC

[JohnInTheMiddle]

No URLs?

[SViking in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl....

[SViking in reply to SViking]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[SViking]

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

[SViking]

longdom.org/proceedings/ozo...

[SViking]

sorry but when I did the cut and paste, apparently the links did not copy.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Tall_Allen]

It's toxic. If the goal is to increase oxygenation to overcome hypoxia, why not just exercise?

[Lyubov in reply to Tall_Allen]

Could it make a difference in someone unable to exercise?

[Tall_Allen in reply to Lyubov]

It's never a good idea to use a toxic substance, especially for a cancer patient.

[Lyubov in reply to Tall_Allen]

Of course! Not thinking clearly. . .

[SeosamhM in reply to Tall_Allen]

Hmmm. What is this "exercise" of which you write? Sounds dicey....

[MrG68]

I was considering this at one point. Thing is though, ozone is quite a powerful oxidant. I just came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the risk. I wouldn't rule it out as such, just I think I'd be looking at other techniques. It's possible that a combination of decent exercises combined with correct breathing may have a similar effect.

Take a look at the Bohr effect. Basically, you can use breathing techniques during and after workouts that utilizes your carbon dioxide that you exhale to release more oxygen. This involves exhaling slower to retain the CO2 and hense the oxygen release.

[London441 in reply to MrG68]

Why would you use ozone if you’re 43 and have no disease?

[MrG68 in reply to London441]

😘

[Benkaymel]

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be a better option.

[vintage42]

So the trial apparently used autohemotransfusion, aka autologous blood transfusion, where blood is removed from a person and returned to his circulation at some later time. I guess the therapy would consist of circulating blood through a container with ozone bubbling through it.

I once worked at a local business that imported Chinese ozone makers, from consumer size to medical size. Had to test and fix some of the little ones for quality control. The home devices were the size of a toaster and their ozone could be bubbled through a glass of water to drink, or released in a confined space to kill bugs. It has its uses as an antiseptic. But instead of becoming an ozone fanatic, I became a little sceptic. I didn't drink ozone water, much less consider using ozone on my blood.

[michael00]

I worked for a company that used ozone machines to remove smoke smell from personal property in house fires. I spent half a day in the ozone once, felt terrible for several days.

[Bigblock in reply to michael00]

You should never breathe in ozone, that's why you felt terrible.

[Derf4223]

Viking, Does your friend happen to have cancer?

[SViking in reply to Derf4223]

She did not have cancer, but some other kind of disease that she really believes was cured by ozone therapy.

[Teacherdude72]

Grasping at steaws

[NecessarilySo]

I would not give it much thought. Found this article:

blog.dana-farber.org/insigh...

[BigCDrugSurfin]

I used to consult to the ozone industry. O3 Ozone is a powerful oxidizer. We used it professionally to kill bacteria, parasite (e.g. giardia), and viruses in water supplies and swimming pools, including a number of Olympic pools. The ozone is delivered in water solution. This requires excellent and precisely calibrated and maintained ozonation equipment.

Ozone does not discriminate or "prefer" any particular chemical or biological entity, it just goes to work. Some materials such as teflon and stainless steel are ozone resistant and so are used in the delivery systems. Applying O3 as a cancer therapy would require a practitioner who has extensively studied and done clinical work to target cancer cells. There is some promise here but you will really need to do good research. It is most certainly not a home remedy candidate.

[Derf4223]

From google "Ozone is a powerful oxidant – its actions can be compared to household bleach, which can kill living cells (such as germs or human skin cells) upon contact."

Killing the host _does_ kill cancer.

[dentaltwin]

None of your references demonstrate utility in vivo; they were either in vitro studies with a variety of cell lines or if in vivo demonstrated toxicity to cancer cells. Since ozone is toxic to normal cells as well, this isn't a big surprise. I confess my eyes started to glaze over once I saw Otto Warburg's name.

Using ozone for a variety of putative clinical benefits is not a new idea. I'm pretty sure it it showed any actual clinical utility we'd know about it by now.

[Mgtd]

I was wondering how your friend took it internally?

[SViking in reply to Mgtd]

Infusion

[j-o-h-n]

Getting past the ozone marker with an (American) football is worth 6 points....

Note: I wish to offer my apologies if I offended anyone regarding my so-called humor about "race" or "misogyny". To me, humor is boundless and since we entered this word crying, I thought it would be a good idea to exit laughing.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 12/20/2023 4:08 PM EST