In contrast to chemical medicaments, there is no chance of overdosage, at least within the field range that is presently used for treatments. This therapy is safe to use with stainless steel or plastic implants, as there is no immediate thermal effect. Hospitals use PMF therapy to accelerate the healing of patients with pins and bone plates or plaster casts. Fractures can be treated, even through a bandage, since magnetic fields permeate all materials. The therapeutic effect of such treatments lasts for approximately six to eight hours.
Most chronic cases require treatments twice a day.
After five to ten days, the treatment regime can be reduced to one treatment daily or every other day. In chronic or extremely difficult cases, this may take longer.