Dr. Chris Palmer

And methylene blue, if you take it in overdose, could become a reductive stressor. So you don't want too much. So we do have pilot trials. Again, small, not super well done pilot trials in a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Depression, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, others. Many of them suggesting a benefit.

Well, and that's actually one of the warnings with methylene blue is that if taken to have a dose, you can actually get serotonin syndrome. Could you explain what serotonin syndrome is? So serotonin syndrome is just like really excessive deluge of serotonin in the system. More often than not, it's completely unrecognized. Really?

Well, and that's actually one of the warnings with methylene blue is that if taken to have a dose, you can actually get serotonin syndrome. Could you explain what serotonin syndrome is? So serotonin syndrome is just like really excessive deluge of serotonin in the system. More often than not, it's completely unrecognized. Really?

Well, and that's actually one of the warnings with methylene blue is that if taken to have a dose, you can actually get serotonin syndrome. Could you explain what serotonin syndrome is? So serotonin syndrome is just like really excessive deluge of serotonin in the system. More often than not, it's completely unrecognized. Really?

It gets mistaken for psychiatric symptoms. So people can have anxiety. They can have panic. In extreme cases, you can get nausea. You can get fevers. You can get, I mean, in extreme cases, it can be fatal. So it's a serious thing. But more often than not, it gets dismissed because serotonin syndrome is most commonly experienced by people taking SSRIs.

It gets mistaken for psychiatric symptoms. So people can have anxiety. They can have panic. In extreme cases, you can get nausea. You can get fevers. You can get, I mean, in extreme cases, it can be fatal. So it's a serious thing. But more often than not, it gets dismissed because serotonin syndrome is most commonly experienced by people taking SSRIs.

It gets mistaken for psychiatric symptoms. So people can have anxiety. They can have panic. In extreme cases, you can get nausea. You can get fevers. You can get, I mean, in extreme cases, it can be fatal. So it's a serious thing. But more often than not, it gets dismissed because serotonin syndrome is most commonly experienced by people taking SSRIs.

And by definition, they are psychiatric patients or they have a mental health condition. And so when they come in and say, I'm feeling nauseous, I feel anxious, I feel jittery, I don't feel right, they get written off more often than not. Or given more medication. Yeah, let's say increase your dose or whatever. So it's actually really tragic. I mean, one woman actually reached out to me who

And by definition, they are psychiatric patients or they have a mental health condition. And so when they come in and say, I'm feeling nauseous, I feel anxious, I feel jittery, I don't feel right, they get written off more often than not. Or given more medication. Yeah, let's say increase your dose or whatever. So it's actually really tragic. I mean, one woman actually reached out to me who

And by definition, they are psychiatric patients or they have a mental health condition. And so when they come in and say, I'm feeling nauseous, I feel anxious, I feel jittery, I don't feel right, they get written off more often than not. Or given more medication. Yeah, let's say increase your dose or whatever. So it's actually really tragic. I mean, one woman actually reached out to me who

To both her and her psychiatrist. So the meds were causing the problem. And the meds were causing the problem and nobody really recognized it. Goodness gracious. Again, so it's... So anyway, methylene blue can cause serotonin syndrome. So I think if people are going to... If people want to consider using it, I would... Number one, make sure you get a very reputable source of it.

To both her and her psychiatrist. So the meds were causing the problem. And the meds were causing the problem and nobody really recognized it. Goodness gracious. Again, so it's... So anyway, methylene blue can cause serotonin syndrome. So I think if people are going to... If people want to consider using it, I would... Number one, make sure you get a very reputable source of it.

To both her and her psychiatrist. So the meds were causing the problem. And the meds were causing the problem and nobody really recognized it. Goodness gracious. Again, so it's... So anyway, methylene blue can cause serotonin syndrome. So I think if people are going to... If people want to consider using it, I would... Number one, make sure you get a very reputable source of it.

Make sure you're consuming it in a way that makes sense. I mean, it can stain your teeth blue and all sorts of stuff. I heard it makes your urine blue, your tongue blue. But people will do IV infusions of methylene blue. Whoa. So, yeah, I've seen people kind of hooked up to IVs with a bag of methylene blue. Do they turn blue? I hope not. Smurfily. But it is a medically approved treatment. Mm-hmm.

Make sure you're consuming it in a way that makes sense. I mean, it can stain your teeth blue and all sorts of stuff. I heard it makes your urine blue, your tongue blue. But people will do IV infusions of methylene blue. Whoa. So, yeah, I've seen people kind of hooked up to IVs with a bag of methylene blue. Do they turn blue? I hope not. Smurfily. But it is a medically approved treatment. Mm-hmm.

Make sure you're consuming it in a way that makes sense. I mean, it can stain your teeth blue and all sorts of stuff. I heard it makes your urine blue, your tongue blue. But people will do IV infusions of methylene blue. Whoa. So, yeah, I've seen people kind of hooked up to IVs with a bag of methylene blue. Do they turn blue? I hope not. Smurfily. But it is a medically approved treatment. Mm-hmm.

And I think it can be done in safe ways. Again, it's off patent. Nobody's going to stand to make any money off of doing large, well-designed trials of methylene blue. But I'm really interested in it as it has these properties.

And I think it can be done in safe ways. Again, it's off patent. Nobody's going to stand to make any money off of doing large, well-designed trials of methylene blue. But I'm really interested in it as it has these properties.

And I think it can be done in safe ways. Again, it's off patent. Nobody's going to stand to make any money off of doing large, well-designed trials of methylene blue. But I'm really interested in it as it has these properties.

In addition to just being this electron acceptor and donor, there's some evidence that it may improve mitochondrial biogenesis, that it has anti-inflammatory effects, and that it can do other things that may be beneficial.