Hydrogen Peroxide in Natural Medicine
Am I misunderstanding some messages here, or is use of Hydrogen Peroxide considered health fraud by some people on this list?
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No, the uses of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in health as a dental rinse, externally in the care of some wounds, or as an antiseptic in not health fraud. To provide or promote the treatment or sale of H2O2 for ingestion or intravenous use may very well be health fraud. There is not good data or well designed clinical trials identified on MEDLINE (includes foreign text journals) to support the oral or IV use of hydrogen peroxide for treatment of any medical condition. H2O2 is not manufactured, packaged or classified for these purposes.
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…Abstract from The Journal of Integrative Medicine Volume 3 Number 1Majid Ali, M.D., Judy Juco, M.D., Alfred O. Fayemi, M.D., Omar Ali, M.D., Mahboob Baig, M.B.,B.S.;Marta Babol, M.D., Karimullah Zirvi, Ph.D., Carol Grieder-Bradenberger, R.N., Mary Ann Carroll, R.N….
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I could not locate this abstract on MEDLINE. Perhaps this is not a recognized peer-reviewed scientific journal. Very little practical information can be summarized from the abstract. Among the many obvious or suspected shortcomings of this study, it draws no conclusions about the singular impact of hydrogen peroxide effects on health outcomes.
Other references provided in the post do not support a clinical reason to use intravenous H2O2 in the treatment of disease. I could not find Dr. Farr referenced on MEDLINE, or the "five thousand studies" or "2,500 or more references" unless they are exclusive to antisepsis, wound care or oral hygiene.
The FDA has just repeated a 1997 warning about unapproved AIDS therapies including H2O2:
"…Recognizing the special needs of people with HIV infection and AIDS, FDA uses its discretion to allow them to import for their personal use unapproved but promising drugs for HIV and HIV-related life-threatening diseases. At the same time, the agency vigorously campaigns against AIDS health scams that have bilked their victims of as much as $ 10 billion a year.
As a result of FDA investigations, federal and state authorities have taken legal actions against individuals involved in hundreds of fraudulent cures for AIDS such as "energized" water, "ozone therapy," and hydrogen peroxide "treatment."…" http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/197_aids.html
The FDA doesn't seem to be worried that people are using "unapproved therapies" as much as the concern that people are being bilked out of money for treatments done with the intent to victimize.
As counterpoint, the following is from a popular integrative medicine site:
http://www.medical-library.net Ron Kennedy, M.D.
"…Those who refuse to educate themselves, never read, never try anything out of the mainstream of thought and insist on thoughtlessly following the "expert's advice," will pay through the nose for therapies which drain their resources and deliver half-baked results. It may be there is a segment of the population which is capable of nothing more. God bless those folks. Here is this doctor's advice: think for yourself.
"If hydrogen peroxide is so effective, why is it not made use of in "modern" medicine? The reason is simple. Hydrogen peroxide cannot be patented. It is present in the ocean, it is present in rainwater, it is present in vegetables, it is present in every cell of your body right now. It must be classified as a food, because it is part of all fresh food of plant origin. Because it is produced in the human body, it is undeniably safe. Since it is a food and cannot be patented, there is no big profit to be made on it…"
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No, the uses of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in health as a dental rinse, externally in the care of some wounds, or as an antiseptic in not health fraud. To provide or promote the treatment or sale of H2O2 for ingestion or intravenous use may very well be health fraud. There is not good data or well designed clinical trials identified on MEDLINE (includes foreign text journals) to support the oral or IV use of hydrogen peroxide for treatment of any medical condition. H2O2 is not manufactured, packaged or classified for these purposes.
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…Abstract from The Journal of Integrative Medicine Volume 3 Number 1Majid Ali, M.D., Judy Juco, M.D., Alfred O. Fayemi, M.D., Omar Ali, M.D., Mahboob Baig, M.B.,B.S.;Marta Babol, M.D., Karimullah Zirvi, Ph.D., Carol Grieder-Bradenberger, R.N., Mary Ann Carroll, R.N….
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I could not locate this abstract on MEDLINE. Perhaps this is not a recognized peer-reviewed scientific journal. Very little practical information can be summarized from the abstract. Among the many obvious or suspected shortcomings of this study, it draws no conclusions about the singular impact of hydrogen peroxide effects on health outcomes.
Other references provided in the post do not support a clinical reason to use intravenous H2O2 in the treatment of disease. I could not find Dr. Farr referenced on MEDLINE, or the "five thousand studies" or "2,500 or more references" unless they are exclusive to antisepsis, wound care or oral hygiene.
The FDA has just repeated a 1997 warning about unapproved AIDS therapies including H2O2:
"…Recognizing the special needs of people with HIV infection and AIDS, FDA uses its discretion to allow them to import for their personal use unapproved but promising drugs for HIV and HIV-related life-threatening diseases. At the same time, the agency vigorously campaigns against AIDS health scams that have bilked their victims of as much as $ 10 billion a year.
As a result of FDA investigations, federal and state authorities have taken legal actions against individuals involved in hundreds of fraudulent cures for AIDS such as "energized" water, "ozone therapy," and hydrogen peroxide "treatment."…" http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/197_aids.html
The FDA doesn't seem to be worried that people are using "unapproved therapies" as much as the concern that people are being bilked out of money for treatments done with the intent to victimize.
As counterpoint, the following is from a popular integrative medicine site:
http://www.medical-library.net Ron Kennedy, M.D.
"…Those who refuse to educate themselves, never read, never try anything out of the mainstream of thought and insist on thoughtlessly following the "expert's advice," will pay through the nose for therapies which drain their resources and deliver half-baked results. It may be there is a segment of the population which is capable of nothing more. God bless those folks. Here is this doctor's advice: think for yourself.
"If hydrogen peroxide is so effective, why is it not made use of in "modern" medicine? The reason is simple. Hydrogen peroxide cannot be patented. It is present in the ocean, it is present in rainwater, it is present in vegetables, it is present in every cell of your body right now. It must be classified as a food, because it is part of all fresh food of plant origin. Because it is produced in the human body, it is undeniably safe. Since it is a food and cannot be patented, there is no big profit to be made on it…"
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