The following is the list of Conditions treated that are considered “Off label”
I.H.M.A. accepted indications
International Hyperbaric Medical Association
These are not usually reimbursable by Insurance Companies
- General Health
- Health Enhancement and Prevention
- Memory
- Aging
Traumatology:
- Soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries
- Closed head injury
- Compartmental syndrome
Orthopedic Disorders:
- Fracture repair, delayed and non-union
- Bone Grafts
- Aid to prosthesis rehabilitative care
- Sacroiliac Syndrome
- Osteoporosis
- Post-surgical instability
- Degenerative Joint disease
- Inflammatory arthritis
Neurological Disorders:
- Spinal Cord injury
- Neurovascular compression
- Peripheral nerve injury and neuropathies, demyelination
- Cerebral oedema
- Migraine
- Headaches, Cluster
- Vegetative coma
- Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Cerebral Palsy, epilepsy due to hypoxia
- Near hanging
- Near drowning
- Parkinson’s disease
- AIDS
- Autistic disorders
- RSD
- TOS
- Hypoxic birth disorders
- Candidas and fungal infections
- Spider bite
- Flesh eating bacteria
- Lyme disease
- Mycoplasma
- Mercury Poisoning
- Chemical Poisoning/ Pesticide
Auto Immune Related Disorders:
- Lupus
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scelodrema
- Silicone induced disorders
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
Cardiac Disorders:
- Aid to cardiac surgery and rehabilitation
- Heart attack, Myocardial ischemia
Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery:
- Pre and Post Surgery healing, reconstruction and cosmetic surgery
- Non- healing post-surgery, reconstruction and cosmetic surgery
- Post-surgical soft tissue infections
Peripheral Vascular Disorders:
- Delayed wounds, recurrent ulcers an infections
- Acute and Chronic arterial insufficiency
Hematology:
- Acute and Chronic Anaemia
Ophthalmology:
- Retintis Pigmentosa
- Macular degeneration
Otorhinolaryngology:
- Sudden deafness
- Acute acoustic Trauma
Gastrointestinal:
- Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers
- Crohn’s Disease
- Colitis
Endocrine Disorders:
- Diabetic complications
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A simple example of the term “Off-label”….
Neurontin is approved by the FDA for one indication only and yet it is prescribed for a myriad of “Off-label” conditions….
HBOT is approved by the FDA for 13 different conditions and yet it is only used in the State run chamber for 2 conditions…. Decompression injury and Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
One has to wonder why a pharmacological agent is so used and why HBOT with 39.000 published articles/papers and studies, approved both by The European Medicines Agency and the Food and Drug Admiration in the USA is almost totally ignored?
Truly a rhetorical question!