This may not be an answer to your question exactly, but I wish we never were even told there was such a thing as the placebo effect. It plays with our heads before the trial even starts. It confuses the participants and the results; we are forced into it by the FDA and told it can last years. It causes great anxiety and for those people who do end up experiencing it; it ruins the results and they never get a chance with the treatment.

Being somewhat tired and let's say grumpy at the moment..lol...I'll finish by saying that right now, based on the success rate so far, no one would need to tell me to not have high expectations for any clinical trial.

I realize that many many good people are working on this, but nothing less than honesty will work. We are not monkeys.

paula