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Does anyone know of sources on the web where I can find information on ozone therapy for treatment of cancer patients? thanks -pag

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I don’t have an answer to your question, but your question made me recall something I saw on TV recently, while randomly flipping through the channels. Some physician was being interviewed, and he spoke of how promising ozone therapy is for treating AIDS. He said Germany is on the "cutting edge," whereas the FDA in the USA keeps us behind and ignorant. The TV program represented him as a leading expert on alternative medicine in the USA. I can’t remember his name, partly because I flipped the TV channel after a few minutes, when I concluded he was a quack. — George Clark

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> Does anyone know of sources on the web where I can find information on > ozone therapy for treatment of cancer patients? > thanks > -pag

AIDS AND CANCER CURED BY HYPER-OXYGENATION The following is the introduction of an uncopyrighted newsletter/article called NOW WHAT issue #1 1987, PO Box 768, Monterey, CA 93942 USA. Archived at Sumeria   Several dozen AIDS patients have not only reversed their death  sentences, but are now back at work, completely free of the disease.  They destroyed the virus in their blood by hyper-oxygenation, known in various forms as oxygen therapy,bio-oxidative therapy or autohemotherapy.  This is a simple, inexpensive and very broad spectrum process that many feel could force a complete overhaul of the medical industry.  The two basic types of oxygen therapy are ozone blood infusion, and absorption of oxygen water (hydrogen peroxide) at very low concentrations. It turns out that the AIDS virus cannot tolerate high oxygen levels in its victims’ blood.  Not only that, every other disease organism tested so far has the same weakness.  Even cancer growths contract  and disappear when the oxygen saturation is sufficiently increased   in the fluids surrounding them, since they are anaerobic. AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, Epstein Barr, cytomegalovirus and other   lipid envelope virus are readily destroyed by hyper-oxygenating the patients blood with ozone.  This was demonstrated by among others  Dr. Horst Kief in  Bad Hersfeld, West Germany.   Dr. Kief has already cured a number of AIDS victims  by  drawing  blood, infusing it with ozone and returning it to the patient, at regular intervals until all  the virus is gone.  (He can be reached through Biozon Ozon-Technik GmbH, An Der  Haune #10, Bad Hersfeld, D-6430, Federal Republic of Germany).  Dr. S. Rilling of Stuttgart and Dr. Renate Viebahn of Iffezheim are among the growing number of physicians who have obtained similar results with their patients.  They are with Arztlich Gesellschaft fur Ozonetherapie and Jr J Hansler GmbH, respectively. Check out this and other interesting articles, papers and abstracts at:     http://www.io.org/~amadis/Overview.html — "The stupid opinions expressed here are my own and should not be construed as superior to the stupid opinions of others. EITA" "Innovation is not dead it is merely being sat on" M.D. "You can’t order inspiration"  L. Riggle Davis

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Treatment Education Program                213.993-1482 Treatment Advocate AIDS Project Los Angeles                   213.993-1483 Treatment Advocate 1313 North Vine Street                     213.993-1484 Program Manager Los Angeles, California 90028              213.993-1529 Materials           T R E A T M E N T    E D U C A T I O N    P R O J E C T         Jon Greenburg Library of Alternative Therapies for HIV/AIDS Copyright 1994, AIDS Project Los Angeles. We encourage you to share these fact sheets with others. Permission is granted for reproduction in full, and copies must be provided free of charge. The information in these fact sheets is not medical advice. It is intended to help people with HIV/AIDS make informed choices. Please consult with a physician before making any decisions regarding treatment. OZONE / OXYGEN Prepared by Martin A. Majchrowicz Spring 1994 Ozone, the fusion of three oxygen molecules to create O3, is an incredibly unstable molecule that breaks down very easily into a stable O2 molecule and an O1 charged molecule. In nature, oxygen more frequently occurs in the O2 state which is far more stable. Ozone is more commonly known as the layer of the atmosphere which protects plants and animals from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation from the sun. It is also known as a pollutant that builds up in the lower part of the atmosphere on warm days as a result of chemical reactions, driven by the heat of the sun, when nitrogen dioxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust react with oxygen. In this form, ozone can cause irritation and sometimes damage to the mucosal membrane of the respiratory tract and the eyes. Ozone can also be useful in the treatment of water. Known as a strong oxidant, ozone can be used in the water purification process as a method of killing bacteria and other microorganisms in the water supply. Due to its antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, some believe that ozone can be used as a method of treating a variety of diseases including HIV/AIDS. This practice has become quite controversial. Most researchers believe ozone has no medical use. However, ozone proponents claim that the Western medical "establishment" wants to "crush" this cheap and effective method of treating HIV/AIDS, cancer, and a variety of other acute and chronic fatal diseases. There arc several different forms of ozone therapy which are sometimes referred to as superoxidation or hyperoxidation. Ozone therapy can be administered in three different ways. One method is removing blood from the patient, bubbling ozone through the blood, and infusing the blood back into the patient. Another form is the rectal ozone machine which generates ozone gas and blows it directly into the patients rectum. The last and potentially most dangerous form of ozone therapy is intravenous or intramuscular injections of ozone gas. This literally entails injecting ozone gas directly into the vein or muscle of the patient. Hydrogen peroxide injections are sometimes used as part of, or independent of, ozone therapy. Those who recommend hydrogen peroxide also recommend peroxide also recommend drinking and bathing in it. The hydrogen peroxide used for such therapy is a different strength than what can be purchased in a drug store. MECHANISM OF ACTION As there are many different forms of ozone therapy, there are as many different theories as to how ozone therapy can be useful. The most simplistic of these theories is that since disease-causing organisms, including viruses, die in the presence of high concentrations of oxygen, by increasing the oxygen concentration in the body with ozone, this will kill HIV and other viruses and bacteria. This theory is also coupled with the fact that since we breath oxygen everyday, it is "obviously" safe to be injected or infused into the body with no toxicity or side effects. When ozone is created, it quickly degrades from an O3 molecule to an O2 and an O1 The first theory suggests that the O2 molecule will kill free viruses, meaning viruses that are not hiding in CD4 cells. Since there is very little free HIV in the blood, the real problem of HIV infected cells and their ability to produce more HIV is not solved. This theory can be taken one step further by claiming that the O1 molecule, an oxidant, is the useful aspect of ozone degradation reaction, and this is what will kill free viruses as well as "diseased cells" (cells infected with HIV). The rationale for this theory is based on the fact that healthy human cells can protect themselves from the oxidative stress of O1. However, viruses, microbes, and "diseased cells" lack the ability to protect themselves from oxidants, therefore they are destroyed by ozone. Healthy cells. those that are not infected with HIV, will not be damaged by the ozone. As opposed to the first theory, this second theory suggests that ozone is not only effective against free virus but also against cells that are already infected with HIV. However, neither of these theories has been proven in any laboratory studies. One laboratory study suggests that ozone may act directly on HIV by inducing viral particle disruption, reverse transcriptase inactivation, and/or perturbation of the ability of the virus to bind to its receptor on target cells. Bocci, a researcher in Italy, has put forth a very different theory of how ozone may be effective against certain diseases. Bocci recognizes that ozone decomposes very rapidly and very little virus is actually free in the blood. He suggests that the benefit of ozone may be due to its ability to enhance the functioning of the immune system and induce the production of certain cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon (IFN). STUDIES While laboratory studies that show ozone can kill HIV in vitro (in the test tube) exists, there is little evidence to suggest that ozone is an effective anti-HIV/AIDS therapy in humans. Carpendale reports using ozone to treat diarrhea of unknown origin in five men with a wide range of CD4 cells. Of the five men, the four with the highest CD4 counts experienced a decrease in diarrhea. The one patient with cryptosporidium and a CD4 cell count of 75 did not respond to ozone and eventually died. The four men who responded had relatively high CD4 counts (193, 130, 209, & 435) and may have resolved regardless of therapy. Many times, diarrhea in people with HIV can spontaneously resolve. Due to the small number of patients and the nature of their symptoms, it is difficult to conclude that ozone had a definite effect on their diarrhea. Carpendale also reports on two asymptomatic patients who used ozone for five years. One patient who began with 907 CD4 cells showed an increase of CD4 cells to 1286 at the beginning of the third year and an increase of the CD4/CD8 ratio. Although the follow-up supposedly lasted five years, there is no data past this point. The second patient began with 309 CD4 cells, increased to 831, but then stabilized between 500-700. After six years, this patient "suddenly" died of pneumonia and disseminated coccidiomycosis (a fungal infection). The CD4 cell trends mentioned in this report are nothing extraordinary considering the final outcomes. Both patients experienced transient increases in their CD4 cell counts and moderate increases in their CD4/CD8 ratios. There was no mention of whether or not other medications were used. This report does not provide a clear benefit of ozone therapy. In addition to these extremely limited studies, there are supposedly hundreds of cases of people being "cured" with ozone including complete alleviation of symptoms and becoming HIV negative (using ELISA, Western Blot, and PCR). None of these reports has ever been substantiated. Proponents of ozone claim that these reports cannot be made public due to the fear that those doctors involved will have their licenses revoked. However, nothing is preventing patients with HIV/AIDS from coming forward and claiming that they have been "cured". COMMENT Until recently, it was thought that ozone therapy was at least a safe alternative, and attempts had not been made to discourage people from seeking it as an option. However, after two reported cases of death involved with ozone therapy, we at APLA strongly caution people about the risks involved with ozone therapy. The three main issues are safety, price, and effectiveness. Proponents of ozone repeatedly make accusations that the "medical establishment" is against ozone because it is an inexpensive approach and that finding a cure using ozone will threaten pharmaceutical companies. The average cost of a rectal ozone machine is $5000, while some "underground" physicians charge as much as $30,000 for IV ozone treatments. We have known of several people with HIV/AIDS who purchased ozone machines and reported little to no benefit. One ozone "doctor" in Mississippi claims to be doing a "super secret" study with the government. This "doctor" said that "all the patients need to know is it’ll cost them about $1000 a week and they don’t have to worry about anything after that. They have to worry about their board and room, but that’s about all." If it wasn’t for the study, this therapy would cost $4000 a week. When questioned about which governmental agency was sponsoring the study, he responded, "I’m not at liberty to say who’s doing it." The decision is yours to decide who is really profiteering. In an article by Ed McCabe in AIDS Patient Care (December 1992), McCabe claims that "over 300 AIDS patients" have become HIV negative through using … read more »

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