[reverett123]

this also has some good sources in the citations BTW

from http://www.hdsa.org/research/news/re...yleneblue.html

The history of methylene blue as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease:


Looking at the progress of methylene blue as a potential treatment in Alzheimer’s may tell us something about how this compound could move through the HD pipeline of potential treatments.



The Alzheimer’s community was electrified by a report from the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease that Alzheimer’s patients in a Phase IIb study showed an improvement in cognition after 6 months and a slowing of disease progression by 81 percent over a one year period. The research was carried out by Dr. Claude Wischik and his team at the University of Aberdeen. Dr. Wischik, Dr. K.M. Seng, the University of Aberdeen and investors formed TauRx to develop tau inhibitors as treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.



The researchers used a version of methylene blue trademarked as Rember. Recently, TauRx has reported on its website that it has developed a second generation tau aggregation inhibitor also based on methylene blue. They claim that the chemically optimized inhibitor, called LMTX, has better tolerability and bioavailability. They are now planning a Phase III trial in the U.S. and Europe for mild and moderate Alzheimer’s and researching the possibility that the drug might treat Parkinson’s patient. Just as this article was being written, the company announced an international trial for Frontotemporal dementia, also called Pick’s disease. Huntington’s disease is not mentioned on the website but the company may be interested now that the research by Dr. Thompson and her colleagues has been reported.

[reverett123]

A homeopathic discussion of the dosing with MB-

http://privyinfo.org/metblue.html

[moondaughter]

Originally Posted by reverett123

A homeopathic discussion of the dosing with MB-

http://privyinfo.org/metblue.html

Homeopathic treatment using nosodes addresses the metabolic functions and differs from the similia similibus curentur approach. For example one can take a very low dose (say 3x) homeopathic preparation of zinc to stimulate the body to be better able to metabolize the zinc it receives from the diet. Cell salts are also given as nosodes. this would be a much broader application for MB.

an excerpt from the above article duly noted:

Much of the emerging works in homeopathy has come out of Europe, relating to the use of nosodes and various other new preparations - gemnotherapy, oligotherapy, lithotherapy, and organotherapy - using homeopathic low potencies. It began as the use of Schussler's tissue salts as micro-dose nutrient therapy. This led the new biotherapies* in France and Germany where it is best-known form is homotoxicology of the Reckeweg system. They work more in the way of therapies for regeneration and detoxification at the cellular and tissue level than specific homeopathics. Tautopathy (Tauto-same), for example, is a method of curing or removing side effects of drugs by iso-intoxication, i. e., curing by means of the identical harmful agent in potentised form. Recent Russian research has confirmed this principle.

[GerryW]

Methylene Blue might be hazardous to those taking serotonin enhancing drugs but it doesn't say at what dose.

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm263190.htm#table

[moondaughter]

Originally Posted by moondaughter

Homeopathic treatment using nosodes addresses the metabolic functions and differs from the similia similibus curentur approach.

"Metabolism is vibrational response to your moment in time. Metabolism is the way the Energy is moving through your body. And so, everything is in response to the way you feel — everything is. Everything is mind over matter. Every disease is mental first. Everything is about thought. Everything is about vibration. Everything is about the way you feel. Practice scenarios that feel good—and never mind reality. Reality is only a brief moment in time that you keep repeating. "

--- Abraham