A new study just published on Feb 2011 in the journal of cancer makes a strong argument for applying hyperbaric oxygenation therapy (HBOT) for those patients who have had either surgery or radiation therapy for brain tumors. The study followed patients who had been treated with HBOT and there was a marked improvement in cognitive [...]
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Actually, it is now starting to get its recognition. In medical school, there is not much time spent for students to learn about hyperbaric oxygen. When medical students graduate, they follow medical protocols and hyperbaric oxygen is at their disposal for 13 major medical conditions. These doctors cannot prescribe outside of the 13 hospital approved conditions. These 13 conditions were established many, many years ago, when there were no other options and the results were excellent and the research was sound. Since then, any drug or treatment needing to be approved for medical conditions must go through extensive research and submitted to the government for approval. The problem with this is that the submissions are very expensive. Since these are so expensive, patents were warranted to research companies that proved their drug to be safe and
effective.
In our business minded society, this is where the hyperbaric field lost ground over other drug companies on its safety and efficacy for other conditions, beyond the 13 approved medical conditions. The medical system has been inundated with pharmaceutical drugs that pour lots of money into fulfilling government submission approvals knowing that their reward will come in getting a patent for all their work. That guarantees them the payoff for all the money that has been fronted by the company.
The hyperbaric industry has not been able to benefit from this system. Instead, it has impeded the growth of the industry significantly. There is no patent for oxygen. That means there is no interest in fronting the money needed to prove that HBOT can be effective for more medical conditions.
Since the advent of medical patents and financial motivation, there has not been any increase in the number of conditions that can be helped with HBOT. It has remained at 13. This is quite sad because any intelligent human being would be able to see that if HBOT can be such a valuable tool for these conditions, then why not others. As much as this might cause you to be upset don‘t be.
The good news is that every day more and more research is coming in on HBOT and its effects on the human body. Many of these studies are in peer-reviewed medical journals and meet good scientific scrutiny. Most doctors as earlier discussed just follow protocols. They have to and are not to blame. Now there is even more good news and that is that some doctors are thinking outside of the box. If HBOT is so powerful for life-threatening conditions, then what about all these chronic conditions in today‘s society. These are doctors that understand the body and the pathology of disease. These doctors are growing and we are moving forward.
