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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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Give me a placebo
Rosie:
"At what point do we consider the possibility that the placebo effect might be as effective as the actual treatment as opposed to the view that the actual treatment is no better than the placebo effect? The former acknowledges both as potentially beneficial, while the latter dismisses both as useless. "
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
The fact that the placebo effect appears to be HUGE in PD patients is something that should be pursued. I think it is a factor in our lives beyond its appearance in drug trials. How many of us use denial to our great benefit? I find it very beneficial in my life - denial - the biggest placebo of them all!
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Carey
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” — Susan B. Anthony
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