Conventional drug acts as a “rifle gun” while hydrogen as a “machine gun”
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Most of the drugs used in modern medical treatments are symptomatic treatments and are far from being a cure for the diseases. The adverse effects are unavoidable in the drugs in modern medical treatments. Molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) has a remarkable therapeutic effect on various diseases, and many clinical studies have reported that H 2 has no adverse effects. Therefore, H 2 is a novel medical gas that is outside the concept of modern medical treatment. H 2 , unlike drugs, works on the root of many diseases by scavenging the two kinds of strong reactive oxygen species, hydroxyl radical (·OH) and peroxynitrite (ONOO - ). Since the H 2 alleviates the root of diseases and can treat many diseases at the same time, the medical application of H 2 may be called “machine gun therapy.” In this review, we demonstrated that the root of many diseases is based on ·OH-induced oxidative stress in the mitochondria, and at the same time, the root of chronic inflammation is also attributed to ·OH.
Source: Medical Gas Research
Institutions: Musashino University, Keio University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4285743290