If anyone has been looking at TauRX's phase 3 trials[1], methylene blue is ridiculously cheap, has been around for 100 years and stops Alzheimers progression better than any other drug. Tau is working on a slightly modified form that is basically putting it in a capsule and they'll sell it for $50 a pill probably, but that's the only way that anyone will believe it actually works.
Methylene blue is a potent antimicrobial that easily penetrates the blood brain barrier, so it working so well would be consistent with Alzheimers being an infectious disease.
Methylene blue is also an monoamine oxidase inhibitor. I add it to my dog’s food to boost her metabolism. She blew her knee out a year ago (common injury for large 10yo dogs) but has mostly recovered without the surgery the vet said she’d probably need. (I use a variety of interventions with her.)
> Tau is working on a slightly modified form that is basically putting it in a capsule and they'll sell it for $50 a pill probably, but that's the only way that anyone will believe it actually works.
Patent medicines [1] are still as popular as they ever were. Science made some inroads in the early 20th century, before the hucksters regrouped, with new prescription-only FDA approved nostrums.
Methylene blue is a potent antimicrobial that easily penetrates the blood brain barrier, so it working so well would be consistent with Alzheimers being an infectious disease.
[1]https://content.iospress.com/download/journal-of-alzheimers-...