Posted by fachad on February 9, 2003, at 18:35:23
In reply to Re: Anti_depressants little more than placebos?, posted by Larry Hoover on February 9, 2003, at 17:13:31
> >During trials, apparently they give placebos first, then eliminate those test subjects who are affected by the placebos, thus sever3ely skewing the results.
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> That's simply not true. That would not be double-blind.I'm sure I've read many studies where early responders, whether responding to the active agent, or the control, or the placebo, are dropped from the study.
This is supposed to make the results more valid, by eliminating placebo responders so that all the results are from actual drug effects, vs. placebo response.
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