The pioneer of the modern ozone therapy: Professor VELIO BOCCI

Lack of efficacy of ozone therapy in HIV infection.

Scientific and medical aspects of ozone therapy. State of the art.

The aim of this review is to dispel misconceptions and skepticism regarding ozone therapy and to clarify the biochemical and pharmacological mechanisms of action of ozone dissolved in biological fluids. The work performed in the last decade in our laboratory allows drawing a comprehensive framework for understanding and recommending ozone therapy in some diseases. It is hoped that this report w...

Oxygen ozone therapy in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An integrative approach

A pilot study has been performed on fifty COPD patients: besides using effective drugs, half of the patients have been treated also with major ozonated autohaemotherapy. This treatment has been evaluated during the last two decades and is absolutely atoxic: the treated patients have shown a significant improvement of the six minute walking test and Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire total s...

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 be very useful when orthodox medicine appears inadequate. The unbelievable versatility of ozone t...

The usefulness of ozone treatment in spinal pain

OBJECTIVE The aim of this review is to elucidate the biochemical, molecular, immunological, and pharmaceutical mechanisms of action of ozone dissolved in biological fluids. Studies performed during the last two decades allow the drawing of a comprehensive framework for understanding and recommending the integration of ozone therapy for spinal pain. METHODS An in-depth screening of primary sou...