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{{stub}} '''Methylene blue''' or '''methylthioninium chloride''' (MB) is a medication and dye that also functions as an [[antioxidant]].<ref name="CHEBI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:6872 | title = Methylene blue (CHEBI:6872) | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = | website = Chemical Entities of Biological Interest|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-11-29}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.drugs.com/monograph/methylene-blue.html | title = Methylene Blue Monograph for Professionals | last = American Society of Health-System Pharmacists | first = | authorlink = | date = | website = Drugs.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09241 | title = Methylene blue|website=go.drugbank.com|access-date=2020-11-29}}</ref> ==Theory == Methylene blue is claimed to lead to better oxygenation of tissues, [[Mitochondria|mitochondrial]] protection and recovery, improved memory and [[cognitive dysfunction|cognition]]. It is used sublingually by some [[ME/CFS]] patients. ==Evidence== No clinical trials of methylene blue have been conducted in ME/CFS patients. ==Clinicians== ==Risks and safety== Serotonin syndrome and a number of other serious side effects may result from the use of methylene blue. It also turns skin and mucosa a bluish color and urine a greenish blue color.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Ginimuge | first = Prashant R. | last2 = Jyothi | first2 = S.D. | date = 2010 | title=Methylene Blue: Revisited | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087269/|journal=Journal of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology|volume=26|issue=4 | pages = 517β520|issn=0970-9185|pmc=3087269|pmid=21547182}}</ref> ==Costs and availability== ==See also == ==Learn more == *[https://www.drugs.com/cons/methylene-blue-oral-intravenous.html Methylene blue] - drugs.com *[https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09241 Methylene blue] - drugbank.ca *[https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:6872 Methylene blue] - Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087269/ Methylene blue: Revisited]- Journal of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Antioxidants]] [[Category:Supplements]] [[Category:Potential treatments]]
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