Doctors have issued a major warning over the viral ‘limitless pill’: Used by celebrities as ‘brain fuel’

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Doctors issue major warning over viral ‘limitless pill’ that is being used by celebrities as ‘brain fuel’

While he didn’t officially confirm that’s what it was, it’s heavily suggested Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was using the stuff when a video went viral of him dropping blue liquid into a glass of water onboard a flight.

In the US, methylene blue is FDA-approved to treat a rare blood disorder but in recent years, some wellness circles have tipped the stuff as a ‘miracle drug’.

But not everyone is quite in agreement with that as doctors say the claims could be ‘dangerous’.

No, not a common superfood that’s also the subject of health warnings but a synthetic dye named methylene blue.

Doctors have issued a major warning over the viral ‘limitless pill’.

Said to be used by various celebrities, influencers and political figures, it’s likened to being a ‘brain fuel’. Originally developed in the 1800s as a textile dye, the substance was found to have niche medical uses and was first used to treat malaria.

It’s also had uses for cyanide poisoning, the rare blood disorder called methemoglobinemia and can be used by surgeons to highlight abnormalities