[Arteriosclerosis obliterans and ozone therapy. Its administration by different routes]

Angiologia. 1993 Sep-Oct;45(5):177-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report 72 non-diabetic patients with obliterant atherosclerosis, stadium II, (intermittent claudication). The medium age of these patients was 62 +/- 4.5 years old. They were randomly included into four groups. Three were treated with Ozone: one of them by endovenous way, other intramuscular way, and the last one by rectal way; meanwhile, in the fourth group the patients were submitted to conventional medical treatment (control group). In the three ozone-groups there weren't differences when they were compared between then. But there was a significant improvement in comparison with the control group. The claudication distance in the treadmill increased to the 2.5 km/hour. Ankle/arm pressure rates hadn't significant differences, this corroborates the ozone action on the microcirculation. The least uncomfortable, the more harmless and the more economic way was the rectal way.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / drug therapy*
  • Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / physiopathology
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Intermittent Claudication / drug therapy
  • Intermittent Claudication / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Ozone / administration & dosage*
  • Remission Induction

Substances

  • Ozone