Jack Osbourne Says He Relies on ‘Alternative Therapies’ to Treat His MS

Jack Osbourne is opening up about his Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis.

The 38-year-old media personality answered a listener’s question about his MS treatment, and he reported that he’s utilizing “alternative therapies" during the July 22 episode of The Osbournes Podcast.

Jack, who was 26 when he was first diagnosed in April 2012, received the news shortly after he and his now ex-wife Lisa Stelly welcomed their daughter Pearl Clementine.

During the podcast, he explained that he does “a lot of supplementation,” adding, “I have had some alternative therapy treatments over the years. I do not take traditional MS medication currently.”

“I've always leaned towards alternative therapies,” he added before recalling his recent spine procedure, which was bio-cellular therapy treatment on his spine, where doctors injected cells into his spinal discs. According to the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, “Cellular therapy (CT) is the transplantation of human cells to replace or repair damaged tissue and/or cells.”

“I had this procedure called disc seal,” he noted before adding that it’s “not directly connected to MS, but it's kind of where [he] always lean[s] now with any treatment or medication.” 

“I like the notion of alternative. Although I do, but I do believe that there is amazing results from pharmaceuticals. I think there's nothing wrong with it,” he said. 

His mother, Sharon, asked if he thinks both alternative therapies and pharmaceutical treatments would work together. “Both together when needed is a great option," Jack said.

“I just choose to not go down the route of pharmaceuticals for my MS right now,” he said. “I'm absolutely open to it if needed.”

Jack said he received the bio cellular therapy at the Stem Cell Institute of Los Angeles. “And it's the amazing thing about it is that most people feel like you have to go to a foreign country, but, if anyone listening, if they're struggling with any kind of health condition and they wanna look at bio cellular therapy, it's it's a really, interesting landscape right now,” he said.

His treatment “was pioneered in Germany," Jack said, adding, “They wanna treat the cause of the problem, not the symptom of the problem. So American healthcare is all about, oh, you have symptoms, let's treat them.” 

“Take MS, for instance. You'll rarely come across an MS doctor… that treats the source of the problem. You go to a neurologist because your nerves are damaged by the MS.”

Ozzy, 75, then asked what causes the nerve damage and Jack explained it's caused by an autoimmune disease.

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Sharon, 71, then asked if Jack theorizes that autoimmune diseases originate from the stomach. He said a new study "believes multiple sclerosis could be a virus that comes from your stomach.”

“My belief is that with my immune system, just things kind of compacted," Jack added. "I don't think there was one singular event that, like, flipped my immune system to cause multiple sclerosis.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, MS is a disease in which "the immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body."