Dr. Charles Pereyra says his stem cell therapy centers have reported no major side effects. He recommends verifying three things: a board-certified physician performs the procedure, the team maintains sterile technique, and the biological product comes from a CGMP-certified facility.
Chapters
Well, knock on wood, I could tell you we've had zero major side effects at any of our centers across the country to date. However, there are a few things that you want to make sure that you're looking for, whether you come to our center or any others. You want to make sure it's done by a board-certified physician and skilled, trained team of technicians and/or nurses. And one of the reasons for that is to make sure the procedure is done sterilely and that you can avoid any type of infections. The other thing which we talked about is making sure you're getting whatever biological product or device from a CGMP-approved facility, meaning that there's some kind of regulatory agency looking at the sterility and quality of the systems and processes of that particular lab.