Can I get phage therapy?

 

If you suffer from an antibiotic-resistant or otherwise chronic infection you might ask yourself if phage therapy would be an option for treatment.

 

Actually, in some countries, there are possibilities to get phage treatment. In Georgia, phage therapy has been practiced for decades and is approved by the country's health authorities. However, you should keep in mind that to date phage therapy has not been approved by any drug regulation authority of a western country like the FDA (US) or the EMEA (EU). A small clinic in the Polish town of Wroclaw has now a license by its local advisory board to perform "experimental phage therapy". That means that they are allowed to treat patients where all other treatment options have failed. The Wroclaw people also have a decade long tradition in phage therapy.

 

If you think phage therapy might be an option for you, you should go through the following steps:

 

- Discuss this possibility with your doctor.

- Get informed. Know the pros and cons of phage therapy to be able to assess the risk you might take. Detailed information can be found in 'Viruses vs. Superbugs'.

- If you have any question you would like to ask: