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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:46 AM Original message |
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. some cool science will come of this. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. well, one would hope |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Actually, we *don't* all know about the placebo effect |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. exactly. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Whatever works. There was an episode of M*A*S*H on the placebo effect. nt |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The science that will come out of this is... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think what we need more than anything is a rush to judgment |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "endorsement of the placebo effect" |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Are you kidding me? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. No, I'm utterly serious. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Ah. I see what you mean. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Pretty clear you haven't read the entire article. nt |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Pretty clear that I have |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh yes of course |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Your posts give me less and less faith in the power of mind |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Oh please. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Your grasp of science is pathetic |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Faith? If you have faith that a drug will work, it works. n/t |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. it's called "the power of intent" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Right, because how do you measure it? n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. More importantly, how do you know when it fails? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. But that's just it, Orrex. IT NEVER FAILS! |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It is just SO OBVIOUS how we need to prove the placebo effect |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. LOL! Well played! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Interesting that this article is focused on anti-depressants. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. you must have missed this paragraph |
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alc (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. some "diseases" seem made up |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Absolutely not. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. That's too funny! |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's called positive thinking |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'll tell you why.....Commercial TV Pharmaceutical Advertising 24/7. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. hmmm, interesting idea!! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. My thoughts... |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. Booga! |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. The placebo effect just proves |
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