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| Has anyone ever used ozone therapy on your horses? What did you use it for and what were your results? Was it expensive or worth the $$. TIA |
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| I have used IV ozone with good results for a respiratory condition. I would use it in a heartbeat for illnesses. What would you be using it for and what is the cost? |
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| I do my own horses IV and bag wounds for other's. I love it. It saved my horse from Lyme's disease, that's why I started doing it. |
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| It was recommended to a friend and Neither of us know anything about it. I was told it was helpful with horses that have low immunity or are sick a lot and I have a horse like that so I thought it might be worth it. He's been diagnosed in a year with epm, cancer, ppsm, epm again, ulcers, kidney stones and that's all I can think of for now. I never did the spinal tap or strand, test for epm bc I don't think that's his issue at all and we did one full 30 day treatment with no change.
Do y'all know the cost? |
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| bris2125 - 2014-11-16 10:44 PM
It was recommended to a friend and Neither of us know anything about it. I was told it was helpful with horses that have low immunity or are sick a lot and I have a horse like that so I thought it might be worth it. He's been diagnosed in a year with epm, cancer, ppsm, epm again, ulcers, kidney stones and that's all I can think of for now. I never did the spinal tap or strand, test for epm bc I don't think that's his issue at all and we did one full 30 day treatment with no change.
Do y'all know the cost?
Depends on the people in your area. It's not very common so peoples' prices can range significantly. |
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| It is the injection of highly reactive pure oxygen into the body is what we are talking about correct? I had to google and then watch a youtube video. I've never heard of this treatment... |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | It's your money, of course, but I would suggest you spend it on something else. It has never been shown to be effective. For decades now quacks and other people have tried using ozone injected into almost every oriface in the human body, including the rectum as well as IV. The consensus, so far, I believe is that it has no role in either human or animal medicine. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe something has come up that I'm unaware of, but I would be surprised.
Simply put: QUACKERY. |
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Location: Midwest | Ozone gas is toxic- it is used to sterilize objects and medical instruments.
what the heck are y'all talking about. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | barrelracr131 - 2014-11-18 3:03 PM
Ozone gas is toxic- it is used to sterilize objects and medical instruments.
what the heck are y'all talking about.
Yeah, but you gotta admit, it does sound cool. Like a street rod that runs on nitro. Badass. Give the connotation of jet fuel or something like that. |
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Location: Midwest | HotbearLVR - 2014-11-18 3:28 PM
barrelracr131 - 2014-11-18 3:03 PM
Ozone gas is toxic- it is used to sterilize objects and medical instruments.
what the heck are y'all talking about.
Yeah, but you gotta admit, it does sound cool. Like a street rod that runs on nitro. Badass. Give the connotation of jet fuel or something like that.
Have y'all never heard of ozone action days on the weather channel??? Lol |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | This is what it said on WEB MD
Ozone therapy is the use of ozone gas to treat certain medical conditions. It is most commonly practiced in Europe.
Ozone therapy is used for “slipped disks” in the spine, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, an eye disease called macular degeneration, and Parkinson's disease. It is also used for treating abscesses and other signs of infections. Ozone is sometimes used to stop dental cavities from progressing.
How does it work?
Ozone is a naturally occurring chemical that consists of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent. High concentrations of ozone can be toxic to living organisms and are considered a major source of pollution.
However, small ozone doses are thought to increase some naturally occurring antioxidants in the body. Antioxidants help to fight off cancer and benefit the body in other ways as well.
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Location: Midwest | Seems legit |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Nevertooold - 2014-11-18 3:45 PM
This is what it said on WEB MDOzone therapy is the use of ozone gas to treat certain medical conditions. It is most commonly practiced in Europe. Ozone therapy is used for “slipped disks” in the spine, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, an eye disease called macular degeneration, and Parkinson's disease. It is also used for treating abscesses and other signs of infections. Ozone is sometimes used to stop dental cavities from progressing. How does it work? Ozone is a naturally occurring chemical that consists of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent. High concentrations of ozone can be toxic to living organisms and are considered a major source of pollution. However, small ozone doses are thought to increase some naturally occurring antioxidants in the body. Antioxidants help to fight off cancer and benefit the body in other ways as well.
Yup, you can find a lot of doctors who will give you all the ozone for a lot of things and they swear by it.
We have a name for this procedure in medicine: wallet biopsy. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Some docs also give a free cookbook with every ozone injection. One fella gives away a Ginsu knife if you sign up for two ozone injections.
It also is supposedly good for arthritis, herpes, and psoriasis. Ît is a great immune system booster, they say. |
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Location: ND | LMAO |
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| HotbearLVR - 2014-11-18 4:52 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-11-18 3:45 PM
This is what it said on WEB MDOzone therapy is the use of ozone gas to treat certain medical conditions. It is most commonly practiced in Europe. Ozone therapy is used for “slipped disks” in the spine, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, an eye disease called macular degeneration, and Parkinson's disease. It is also used for treating abscesses and other signs of infections. Ozone is sometimes used to stop dental cavities from progressing. How does it work? Ozone is a naturally occurring chemical that consists of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent. High concentrations of ozone can be toxic to living organisms and are considered a major source of pollution. However, small ozone doses are thought to increase some naturally occurring antioxidants in the body. Antioxidants help to fight off cancer and benefit the body in other ways as well.
Yup, you can find a lot of doctors who will give you all the ozone for a lot of things and they swear by it.
We have a name for this procedure in medicine: wallet biopsy.
Horses don't know placebos. When the only thing that kept my horse from spiking temps was Ozone, heck yeah, I'll use it! I've done it on myself and slept better and had more energy than I have in a long time.
Yes, Ozone gas is toxic. . . That is if you're referring to our ozone layer, but that is because it is not pure medical grade oxygen it is mixed with, it is nitrogen and all the bad things. The reason the "ozone layer" is so important to our health is that it attacks the toxics that are out in space.
Continue your research. You will only find bad things on ozone therapy if they have used air or something other than MEDICAL oxygen.
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| But I suppose everyone has their own opinion. I believe you shouldn't judge it until you've used it personally though. There is research on it that proves it has helped a LOT of things, I would do your own research and not take other's opinions (wether it's mine or anyone) before making an opinion on something you've never seen before. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I'm open to learning, and I would be willing to change my mind, but only if you can provide me with GOOD evidence. Testimonials do not constitute research. Please share your research/evidence.
Let's start with your remarks about "medical oxygen". How does that differ from non-medical oxygen? Oxygen is oxygen. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | HotbearLVR - 2014-11-18 8:12 PM I'm open to learning, and I would be willing to change my mind, but only if you can provide me with GOOD evidence. Testimonials do not constitute research. Please share your research/evidence. Let's start with your remarks about "medical oxygen". How does that differ from non-medical oxygen? Oxygen is oxygen.
So is WEB MD a quack site??? |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Nevertooold - 2014-11-18 9:35 PM
HotbearLVR - 2014-11-18 8:12 PM I'm open to learning, and I would be willing to change my mind, but only if you can provide me with GOOD evidence. Testimonials do not constitute research. Please share your research/evidence. Let's start with your remarks about "medical oxygen". How does that differ from non-medical oxygen? Oxygen is oxygen.
So is WEB MD a quack site???
Kathy, you need to go back and read up on Ozone therapy on WebMD. I don't think you read that section very carefully. They clearly indicate there is insufficient evidence to support it's use. |
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