Posted by stjames on December 1, 2003, at 20:34:12
In reply to Re: Was this a joke? or is it so good we can't have it » JonW, posted by Larry Hoover on December 1, 2003, at 8:51:31
>Three, we know nothing about the long-term effects >of exogenous (from outside) administration of >neuroactive peptides (think brain hormones). >Playing with fire, methinks.
Dr Frankinstein, I think. We have not begun to
understand a) How NT's work b) how they relate in mental illness. So it is not a safe leap, to me,
to consider exogenous administration of a substance to "fix" all this. We know something is broken but we don't know how it works. Seems to me then we don't know how to fix it.> There was a relatively large placebo response.
Really ! I have often felt the clinical setting
of a study causes a larger placebo response.
"Hey, they are shooting me up with X, must be good."Since this is phase 2, even if it does make it through stage 3 and to market, we are talking a decade.
Post some stuff that is through with stage 3,
and then we can discuss something that might be here in a year or 5.
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