Accelerate GF and O3UV treatments for neuropathy

Posted by gm123 @gm123, Sep 18, 2023

After 16 sessions of sanexas and red light laser therapy (which did not work), my neuropathy pain management center is suggesting I undergo these two treatments mentioned above which involve taking my own blood, infusing the platelets with ozone gas and ultraviolet light, as well as stem cell regrowth factors, and reinjecting it all back into me. Has anyone heard of this or has anyone undergo such treatments? I read somewhere that the FDA disapproves of this and calls it "quackery", even dangerous. Opinions? Suggestions??

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Sep 18, 2023

Hi @gm123, I think you are right to be concerned about this kind of treatment. As promising as stem cell research is for a lot of things, I don't believe there has been any successful treatments for neuropathy. I'm guessing this may be the FDA warning that you mentioned:

Consumer Updates > FDA Warns About Stem Cell Therapies
— https://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm286155.htm

This is just my non-medical opinion - I would be very cautious of any neuropathy treatments being done to use my own blood, process it with other stuff and then inject it back into me. My first red flag is no clinical data or studies that this works (unless you can have seen it). My second red flag is that this is not being done in a major health facility or teaching hospital where I can trust that all steps are being done in a sanitary laboratory and not a smaller clinic. Here are some things to help evaluate any new treatments.

FDA's Health Fraud Page
-- https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm539101.htm

NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) which offers guidance about integrative health and how to evaluate it.
-- https://nccih.nih.gov/health/decisions
-- https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/pain

Have you seen any research that supports this specific treatment? Does it list success rates?

crossette | @crossette | Sep 18, 2023

Sounds to me like this process would kill or damage the stem cells. Ozone is toxic to most forms of life because it is a powerful oxidizer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone#Health_effects
Same goes for ultraviolet light. This is the highest energy form of light and is known to damage cells and promote skin cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Human_health-related_effects