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It can also stain the heart and other tissues. But worth noting this was a much higher dose than your typical "biohacker" uses. The levels used in a hospital fo
by landl0rd 1y ago
It can also stain the heart and other tissues. But worth noting this was a much higher dose than your typical "biohacker" uses. The levels used in a hospital for things like methemoglobinemia, septic shock, whatever are many times larger.
Regardless, I don't understand why biohackers are often obsessed with things like methylene blue when targeted modulators usually exist. If someone is obsessed with "mitochondrial function" I'd expect him to look at methoxatin or something along those lines before something as broadly active as methylene blue. If someone wants MAO inhibition pharmaceutical options are probably better in terms of controllable isoform affinity. I don't see any reason to prefer something less well-studied for MAO inhibition over e.g. rasagiline or moclobemide.
- dylan604 1y agoprobably for the same reasons as why people are obsessed with colloidal silver. someone once told them it was good, so they just went with it.
- wiry 1y agomaybe it has to do with how easy it is to procure?
- imoldfella 1y agoAvailability: no gatekeepers. methylene blue predates the FDA and is grandfathered. Unless you want to break the law, it will be hard to biohack with rasagiline or moclobemide. Also probably some safety in using something that's been used long enough to be grandfathered.
- landl0rd 1y agoJust about any medication you want can be freely ordered from abroad. It is not against the law to use either, as they're not controlled substances. It is illegal to sell them for medical use without complying with pharmaceutical standards and a prescription, but it is not illegal to buy them.
- hungryhobbit 1y agoI think having to order your drugs from another country is pretty clearly a "gate keeper": you're basically making the point you're trying to argue against.
- paulluuk 1y agoI order plenty of things online (From other countries) and other than having to wait a week, it's trivially easy. Is it that much different when it's medicinal products?
- quantadev 1y agoYou mean why would it be risky to ingest substances into your body from an untrusted source? I think that question answers itself.
- landl0rd 1y agoA while back I grabbed a topical corticosteroid cream from an indian subsidiary of an American pharmaceutical company because it was cheaper, faster, and easier than a dermatologist visit. It's often not a shady no-name manufacturer. Some guys in the bodybuilding world will get their steroids through Bayer's turkish subsidiary. Etc.
- andsoitis 1y ago> steroids I don’t knot that steroids is a good example to support your case. Anabolic steroids are classified as Schedule III controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the United States.
- landl0rd 1y agoCorrect, my point is that you often wind up purchasing overseas from foreign subsidiaries of the same companies that make the prescribed and dispensed stuff here. You're still purchasing and using pharmaceutical-grade. The legal question is separate.
- replwoacause 1y agoProbably because you can buy it at a dish supply store like I did almost 20 years ago.
- ajolly 1y agoPlenty of people are taking Methoxatin (PQQ) as well, I'd argue its more common to take than methylene blue.