Tag: Reactive oxygen species

A specific combination drug called O2 Tablet, containing Ofloxacin and Ornidazole, is an antibiotic. However, elemental oxygen (O2) itself is not an antibiotic, and confusing the two is a common misconception in pharmacology.

Research dating back to the 1980s has shown that increasing tissue oxygenation can decrease infectious necrosis similarly to prophylactic antibiotics. This raises a common and important question: **Is oxygen an antibiotic**, and how does it work to fight infection?