Posted by Questionmark on March 12, 2006, at 2:42:07
In reply to Re: New Nardil - Ed, read this. » Michael Bell, posted by Chairman_MAO on March 12, 2006, at 1:06:43
> There are case reports of people whose cancer went into remission from taking placebos and then had a relapse and died when they found out their medication was inactive.
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> Please explain your theory as to WHY the reformulation has been so detrimental.What about SLS (Scott)'s theory (just posted above)?
This is all too far above my head, but it sounds totally plausible to me.
Also, regarding your example of cancer patients and that specific placebo effect...
That may be so, but still... it seems that it is much more common for a person who notices a relatively marked difference in mood or state of mind, without initially being certain what to attribute it to, and THEN remembering or discovering some change in food or drug or environmental factor/what have you...
to be correct in their assertion about what some food/drug/environmental factor/etc. is causing, than...
a person who -- [[ F!*&# i'm not sure where i wanted to go with this ]] -- just notices a change in her mood/state of mind AFTER having some change in food/drug/habit/environmental factor/etc.Sorry, that was ridiculous. My ability to articulate has gone down the tubes. But still, i think i'm right about that. What do you think?
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