Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful
Ozone is an intrinsically toxic gas and its hazardous employment has led to a poor consideration of ozone therapy. The aim of this review is to indicate that a wrong dogma and several misconceptions thwart progress: in reality, properly performed ozone therapy, carried out by expert physicians, can...
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| description | Ozone is an intrinsically toxic gas and its hazardous employment has led to a poor consideration of ozone therapy. The aim of this review is to indicate that a wrong dogma and several misconceptions thwart progress: in reality, properly performed ozone therapy, carried out by expert physicians, can be very useful when orthodox medicine appears inadequate. The unbelievable versatility of ozone therapy is due to the cascade of ozone-derived compounds able to act on several targets leading to a multifactorial correction of a pathological state. During the past decade, contrary to all expectations, it has been demonstrated that the judicious application of ozone in chronic infectious diseases, vasculopathies, orthopedics and even dentistry has yielded such striking results that it is deplorable that the medical establishment continues to ignore ozone therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-daf40571ac6047bfb9a5f6c08834d4a52025-02-03T01:10:31ZengWileyMediators of Inflammation0962-93511466-18612004-01-0113131110.1080/0962935062000197083Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically usefulVelio Bocci0Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Via A. Moro, Siena 53100, ItalyOzone is an intrinsically toxic gas and its hazardous employment has led to a poor consideration of ozone therapy. The aim of this review is to indicate that a wrong dogma and several misconceptions thwart progress: in reality, properly performed ozone therapy, carried out by expert physicians, can be very useful when orthodox medicine appears inadequate. The unbelievable versatility of ozone therapy is due to the cascade of ozone-derived compounds able to act on several targets leading to a multifactorial correction of a pathological state. During the past decade, contrary to all expectations, it has been demonstrated that the judicious application of ozone in chronic infectious diseases, vasculopathies, orthopedics and even dentistry has yielded such striking results that it is deplorable that the medical establishment continues to ignore ozone therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0962935062000197083OzoneOxidative stressAntioxidantsNitric oxideCytokinesOzone tolerance. |
| spellingShingle | Velio Bocci Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful Mediators of Inflammation Ozone Oxidative stress Antioxidants Nitric oxide Cytokines Ozone tolerance. |
| title | Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| title_full | Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| title_fullStr | Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| title_short | Ozone as Janus: this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| title_sort | ozone as janus this controversial gas can be either toxic or medically useful |
| topic | Ozone Oxidative stress Antioxidants Nitric oxide Cytokines Ozone tolerance. |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0962935062000197083 |
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