Peter Attia

All right, let's talk a little bit about hyperbaric oxygen.

Now, you mentioned and alluded to the fact that there are a handful of FDA indications for them.

To me, the two most apparent would be treatment of the bends and obviously for burn patients, so it dramatically aids with wound healing.

But there are many things that are conspicuously absent from any FDA approval.

There's no FDA approval for TBI.

There's no FDA approval for concussion.

There's no FDA approval for anything geroprotective.

And yet, I've always said, every time I've gone back, and I maybe do this every two years, I go back and look at the data around concussion and TBI.

It depends how you look at the data.

There could be a case for it.

Patients are always asking me about hyperbaric oxygen.

It's truly one of the things I get asked about the most.

And I generally tell patients it's not worth the cost.

It's not worth the hassle.

It's not worth the inconvenience.

Outside of the approved FDA indications, the only thing I would suggest going against the FDA recommendation is if I were to have a concussion, if one of my kids had a concussion, I would probably say the downside of hyperbaric oxygen is low enough.

I think the potential upside is there.

I think it's worth the risk.

First of all, do you agree with that statement?

If not, modify it.