Drugs
The Drugs (7)
Methylene Blue
A 19th-century dye turned approved antidote, studied off-label for memory and mitochondria; combined with antidepressants it can cause serotonin syndrome.
Read the deep dive →Aspirin
A century-old drug that irreversibly blocks the cyclooxygenase enzymes, studied for heart attack and stroke prevention, pain, fever and colorectal cancer, with bleeding risks.
Read the deep dive →Metformin
The most prescribed type 2 diabetes pill worldwide, a biguanide traced to goat's rue, also researched for longevity, which remains unproven.
Read the deep dive →Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists
Drugs that mimic the gut hormone glucagon-like peptide-1, studied for blood sugar, weight loss, heart and kidney outcomes, alongside side effects and muscle loss.
Read the deep dive →Dimethyl Sulfoxide
A solvent made from wood-pulp by-products; approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only as a bladder solution for interstitial cystitis; trials of skin use for pain disagree; it carries other substances through skin.
Read the deep dive →Ibogaine
The alkaloid from the root bark of the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga: its ceremonial and research history, how it acts in the brain, and the published heart-rhythm findings.
Read the deep dive →Fenbendazole
A veterinary deworming drug drawing anticancer interest from anecdotal cases and lab studies; no formal human trials had been registered as of 2025.
Read the deep dive →Prescription and over-the-counter drugs, one wing per drug: what each one is, how it acts in the body, what the trials and safety records report, and its history. Each wing collects the drug’s deep-dive articles. The people who discovered and explained these drugs are under Pharmacologists.