Ozone Therapy for preventing cancer recurrance

Jina, I see none of the ladies have replied yet, and I have not heard anyone talking about ozone treatment in all the years I have been on here.  After a little poking around I found the item below, and would suggest caution about things that are out there.

Ozone therapy is a form of alternative medicine that purports to increase the amount of oxygen in the body through the introduction of ozone. It is based on pseudoscience with no verifiable benefits. Various techniques have been suggested, with purported benefits including the treatment of cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis, among others. An overview of the history and practice of ozone therapy was published by AM Elvis and JS Ekta in 2011.

Ozone therapy is sold as an alternative treatment for various illnesses. Beginning in 1991 the FDA has prosecuted and sent to jail several people presenting themselves as medical doctors and selling ozone therapy products as a medical cure or operating medical clinics using ozone therapy for healing human illness. Arrests following similar activity have been made in other countries as well. At least 10 deaths have been related to ozone therapy or its lack of usefulness, in nine cases there had been investigation and in eight it was discovered that the practitioners had used false credentials.

The below article can be found at www.pubmed.gov

Author’s conclusion was needs more study/evidence and specifically calls out further studies of value for head and neck cancer but not uterine cancer. You may want to check ClinicalTrials.gov to see if there have been trials.  

Hyperbaric oxygenation for tumour sensitisation to radiotherapy.

Review article

Hi Jina,

I was initially approved for hyperbaric oxygen treatments for hemorrhagic radiation cystitis earlier this year.  That approval was later overturned by another level of review at the hospital which concluded that I had not tried enough other therapies without success.  I had been bleeding from my bladder for approximately four months and my urologist referred me to a hospital-based hyperbaric oxygen center for evaluation.  The urologist had performed a cystoscopy and confirmed the radiation cystitis.  I was treated with external and internal radiation 19 years ago, and did not experience any symptoms until about 5 years ago when I first had bleeding from the bladder.  Fortunately, about the time I received notification that the approval had been overturned, the bleeding stopped on its own.  I suspect that I will have future episodes of bleeding because radiation cystitis does not resolve on its own.  In fact, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is one therapy that has been shown in studies to have a high long-term rate of success in treating radiation cystitis. 

Here is a link to a list of Medicare's approved indications for HBOT:

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy.html

All the best to you and your mom.

MoeKay

MoeKay said:

Hyperbaric Oxygen for Radiation Cystitis

Hi Jina,

I was initially approved for hyperbaric oxygen treatments for hemorrhagic radiation cystitis earlier this year.  That approval was later overturned by another level of review at the hospital which concluded that I had not tried enough other therapies without success.  I had been bleeding from my bladder for approximately four months and my urologist referred me to a hospital-based hyperbaric oxygen center for evaluation.  The urologist had performed a cystoscopy and confirmed the radiation cystitis.  I was treated with external and internal radiation 19 years ago, and did not experience any symptoms until about 5 years ago when I first had bleeding from the bladder.  Fortunately, about the time I received notification that the approval had been overturned, the bleeding stopped on its own.  I suspect that I will have future episodes of bleeding because radiation cystitis does not resolve on its own.  In fact, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is one therapy that has been shown in studies to have a high long-term rate of success in treating radiation cystitis. 

Here is a link to a list of Medicare's approved indications for HBOT:

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy.html

All the best to you and your mom.

MoeKay

First I am so sorry you are experiencing late radiation side effects. I think most of us fear late effects from our treatments. There is an International Society for Hyperbaric Medicine and that is a group of specialists who contribute to the body of literature supporting the clinical efficacy of using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat various medical conditions.

Commercial insurance companies have ”coverage policies” posted on their websites that are specific to hyperbaric oxygen treatments and list the specific medical criteria required for coverage (paying) for the treatments.

As mentioned by others, CMS (Medicare ) has on their website medical coverage policies referred to as “National Coverage Determinations” and/ or “Local Coverage Determinations” that are used if there is no National Coverage Determinations.

Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) are developed and implemented on a Regional basis and coverage therefore can vary by region- which is made up of a group of states. Coverage and requirement for prior authorization can vary by Region if there is no National Coverage Determinations (NCDs). If I recall correctly there are only about 11 conditions with enough solid clinical evidence for insurance companies to pay for hyperbaric treatments. 

I fear late side effects from my cancer therapies. I pray you heal soon and you suffer no further late term side effects. ((Hug))

Lori

Jina,

I have experience with ozone treatments.  If you're interested in my knowledge related to ozone, feel free to send me a private message.