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This is why methylene blue probably works as an Alzheimer's treatment. It's an antiviral that can cross the blood brain barrier.
by narrator 7y ago
This is why methylene blue probably works as an Alzheimer's treatment. It's an antiviral that can cross the blood brain barrier.
- jjtheblunt 7y agoIs there an article about that?
- ink_13 7y agoUse of methylene blue derivatives for Alzheimer's treatment has been definitively ruled out.[0] [0] https://www.alzforum.org/news/conference-coverage/first-phase-3-trial-tau-drug-lmtm-did-not-work-period https://www.alzforum.org/news/conference-coverage/first-phas...
- narrator 7y agoThey published an article after this on it, showing good results in 2017[1] with a large author list, and they have a new trial underway[2]. Would be a ridiculously cheap therapy. [1] https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad170560 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-... [2]https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/clinical-trials/trx0237-mild-alzheimers https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/clinical-trials/trx0237-m...
- eloff 7y agoI wonder how early one would need to start treatment to have an effect, and if you could somehow start it a decade or more before symptoms begin, would it maybe prevent onset all together? Since it begins 20 years before the onset of symptoms.