Major Autohemotherapy · MAH · Lakewood Ranch, FL
Major Autohemotherapy (MAH): The Procedure, Step by Step
Exactly what happens during an MAH ozone session — the draw, the ozone mixing, the reinfusion, the sterile technique, and how long it actually takes. No disease claims, just the mechanics.
Treatments provided by Ultimate IV and Wellness · 7262 55th Avenue E, Bradenton, FL 34203
- Registered nurses
- Closed sterile system
- 100–200 ml per session
- 60–90 minute appointment
- Physician-approved protocol
Blood drawn
100–200 ml
Session length
60–90 minutes
Route
Closed, extracorporeal system
What Actually Happens in an MAH Session
Major Autohemotherapy is a three-part procedure performed in one appointment: a measured volume of your own blood is drawn into a sterile, single-use container, mixed with medical-grade ozone gas, and returned to you through the same IV line. Nothing else is added and nothing leaves the closed system until it goes back in.
This page is the mechanical companion to our IV ozone therapy overview, which covers what MAH is at a higher level, who might be a candidate, and what it costs. Here we stay with the procedure itself — the equipment, the sequence, the timing, and what the appointment actually feels like from a chair.
One number is worth stating plainly up front because it gets misquoted often: 100 to 200 ml of blood, in a session that runs 60 to 90 minutes door to door. Anyone quoting you a 30-minute MAH appointment is either rushing the procedure or describing something else.
Four Things That Make This Appointment Different From a Drip
Autohemotherapy is not a drip with an extra step. It is a longer, more involved procedure, and it is worth knowing that going in.
01
It takes longer than anything else on the menu
60 to 90 minutes against 30 to 60 for a standard IV drip. Budget the extra time — this is not a quick top-up appointment.
02
Blood leaves your body before it returns
A drip only ever puts fluid in. Autohemotherapy draws 100 to 200 ml of your own blood out first, treats it outside the body, then returns it through the same line.
03
The line stays in the whole time
One IV access point is used for both the draw and the reinfusion. It is not removed and reinserted between the two steps.
04
A registered nurse stays with the process
The mixing and reinfusion stages are actively monitored rather than left running unattended, which is not the case for every drip on the menu.
What the Appointment Feels Like
Reported sensations, stage by stage — described plainly rather than sold.
During the draw
The same as any blood draw: a brief needle stick, then nothing. The catheter stays in place; the needle itself is withdrawn once it is.
During the mixing
You are not connected to anything at this point — your blood is in a closed container beside the chair. Most people describe this stage as simply waiting.
During the reinfusion
A cool sensation at the injection site is commonly reported as the treated blood goes back in, similar to a standard IV infusion. It generally settles quickly.
Afterwards
No sedation is used, so there is nothing to recover from. Most people leave and resume the rest of their day.
Autohemotherapy Appointment vs. a Standard IV Drip
The two are often confused because both happen in the same chair. They are not the same procedure.
MAH
Standard IV drip
What is drawn
100–200 ml of your own blood
Nothing — fluid only goes in
Where it goes
Out, treated, then back in
In only
Typical duration
60–90 minutes
30–60 minutes
What returns to you
Your own ozonated blood
A vitamin/mineral fluid formula
Monitoring
Actively attended through mixing and reinfusion
Checked periodically
Both are performed by a registered nurse under physician-approved protocol. Neither is a claim about what either procedure treats.
“The blood visibly brightens as it oxygenates. That is oxygenation — it is not evidence of a therapeutic effect, and it is worth knowing the difference before anyone shows you the color change as proof of anything.”
What you are actually looking at during MAH
Why the Closed System Is the Whole Point
Route is the single most important safety decision in ozone therapy, and it is why autohemotherapy is built the way it is.
Closed, extracorporeal mixing — what MAH does
The ozone gas contacts your blood in a sealed, single-use container outside your body. Only the treated blood — never the gas itself — goes back through the IV line. This is the entire safety basis of the procedure.
Direct injection or inhalation — what we will never do
Injecting ozone gas directly into a vein, or any suggestion that it could be inhaled, carries a real risk of air embolism and lung injury. Ozone must never be inhaled. We do not offer any route where the gas itself enters your bloodstream or your lungs — MAH’s closed system is the only route on our menu, on purpose.
The Sterile, Single-Use Equipment Behind Every Session
Every consumable that touches your blood is sterile and single-use: the collection container, the tubing, and the connectors that link them. Nothing is reused between patients, and nothing that contacts blood is shared equipment.
The ozone itself is generated on site, immediately before use, by a medical ozone generator that produces a measured oxygen-ozone mixture from medical-grade oxygen. Ozone cannot be stored, so it is made fresh for your session rather than drawn from a tank.
None of this is a claim about outcome — it is a description of technique, and it is the part of an ozone appointment most clinics do not bother explaining. For the contraindications that determine who is and is not a reasonable candidate — including G6PD deficiency, a recognized contraindication worth raising yourself at screening if it applies to you or your family — see safety and candidacy.
The Autohemotherapy Procedure, Start to Finish
One appointment, three treatment stages, plus the screening that happens before any of them.
01
Screening and consent
Before anything is drawn, a clinician reviews your health history and current medications and confirms you understand this is self-pay and unproven. This is where a contraindication like G6PD deficiency needs to be raised.
02
Blood draw
A measured volume — 100 to 200 ml — is drawn through an IV line into a sterile, single-use container. The catheter stays in place for the reinfusion that follows.
03
Ozone mixing
Medical-grade ozone, generated fresh on site, is introduced to the container and gently combined with the blood. The color visibly brightens as it oxygenates.
04
Reinfusion
The treated blood is returned to you through the same line. Total appointment time, start to finish, is usually 60 to 90 minutes.
Sterile Technique, From Draw to Reinfusion
Everything about how autohemotherapy is performed is designed around one principle: your blood leaves the closed system once, briefly, and nothing else is introduced to it along the way.
The container is opened only to draw blood in and, later, to return it. The mixing step happens inside that same sealed container — the ozone is introduced through a port, not by opening anything up. A registered nurse is present for the mixing and reinfusion stages rather than leaving the process to run on its own.
This is also why the appointment cannot be rushed. Each stage — draw, mix, reinfuse — has to happen in sequence and in full, which is the real reason MAH takes 60 to 90 minutes against 30 to 60 for a standard drip.
Before Your Session and After It
Practical preparation for the procedure itself, with nothing promised about outcome.
Before you come in
Eat a normal meal and drink water beforehand — this begins with a blood draw and the usual advice for one applies. Bring a current list of your medications and supplements, including anything blood-thinning. If you have G6PD deficiency, or a family history of it, say so at screening rather than on the day. Because the appointment runs 60 to 90 minutes, allow more time than you would for a drip.
Afterwards
No sedation is used, so most people go straight back to their day. Keep drinking water and go easy on strenuous exercise for the rest of it. If anything concerns you afterward — unusual bruising, dark urine, breathlessness, chest pain — contact us and seek medical attention rather than waiting for a follow-up.
Why We Perform Only This Route
Autohemotherapy is the only ozone procedure on our menu. You may see other routes advertised elsewhere — EBOO, ten-pass, prolozone, insufflation, ozonated saline — and we mention them only so you can tell the difference when comparing clinics; we do not perform any of them here.
We also do not claim MAH treats any disease or condition. The US FDA’s published position (21 CFR 801.415) is that ozone is “a toxic gas with no known useful medical application in specific, adjunctive, or preventive therapy.” That position, and what the published evidence does and does not support, is covered in full on what the evidence shows. What is on this page is technique — the procedure itself, described accurately, so you know exactly what you are booking.
The Physician Oversight Behind Every Autohemotherapy Session
This is a procedure that draws and returns your own blood, so it is performed under the same physician-approved protocol as everything else on our menu, by a Florida-licensed registered nurse.
Candidacy is decided at a personal consultation, not inferred from a form — and if MAH is not appropriate for you, we will say so before anything is scheduled.
Medical director: Dr Stephen Jones — board-certified general surgeon since 2016, Northeast Ohio Medical University. Founder and lead nurse: Erica Barshay, RN BSN.
What an MAH Session Costs
Ozone therapy is self-pay — it is not covered by insurance. Current pricing is published in full alongside the rest of our menu.
A consultation and screening is required before a first session, regardless of how the appointment is booked.
Major Autohemotherapy Questions Patients Ask
A procedure where 100 to 200 ml of your own blood is drawn into a sterile, single-use container, mixed with medical-grade ozone, and returned to you through the same IV line, in one 60 to 90 minute appointment.
Between 100 and 200 ml, drawn once and returned once through the same line.
60 to 90 minutes total, including the draw, the ozone mixing, and the reinfusion. That is longer than a standard IV drip, which typically runs 30 to 60 minutes.
It oxygenates as ozone is introduced and visibly brightens. That is a description of the chemistry, not evidence of a therapeutic effect.
Yes. The collection container, tubing and connectors are sterile and single-use, and nothing that touches your blood is shared between patients.
No. We offer MAH only. Other routes are named on this page so you can compare clinics accurately, not because they are available here.
No, not here. Direct intravenous ozone gas carries a real risk of air embolism. In MAH the gas never enters you — it stays in the sealed container and only the treated blood is returned. Ozone must never be inhaled either.
That is decided individually at consultation, not sold as a fixed course up front. See safety and candidacy for how candidacy is assessed.
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Treatments provided by Ultimate IV and Wellness · 7262 55th Avenue E, Bradenton, FL 34203