Pretending to Be Alternative, Part II: Methylene Blue
Methylene Blue is more than a blue dye that can turn your tongue and urine blue. It is an off-label drug with functionalized carbon nanodots. In allopathic medicine, Methylene blue (MB) is listed as a medication used in the management and treatment of methemoglobinemia, a condition in which hemoglobin decreases its ability to carry oxygen. [...]