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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Stafford, UK
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Stafford, UK
Posts: 1,059
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This is a big area. One in which PwP are well able to add to the research effort.
It seems to me that a placebo should be a first class citizen of the medical armoury even if it works only for some people and for a limited period of time.
We need to differentiate between placebos which give a purely perceived advantage and those which give an objectively measurable one.
We also need to differentiate between pure placebos - things which have no true therapeutic effect on PD - and those substances (e.g. chocolate) and actions (e.g. flashing lights) whose effect may be both truly therapeutic as well as due to the placebo effect. I call these "therebos" (from THERapy and placEBO).
The task ahead is to discover therebos, to measure their effectiveness, to engineer them to improve their efficacy and to nurture them.
John
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Born 1955. Diagnosed PD 2005.
Meds 2010-Nov 2016: Stalevo(75 mg) x 4, ropinirole xl 16 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
Current meds: Stalevo(75 mg) x 5, ropinirole xl 8 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
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