Posted by fires on June 10, 2004, at 20:30:44
In reply to Placebo, posted by coral on June 10, 2004, at 16:57:43
My former MD an expert in Pschopharm., who never became a PDoc, but taught courses in it at a major Univ. Med Ctr., told me that the placebo effect is very temporary.
Some are now questioning whether or not the placebo response is indeed real. In a relatively recent study:
"In addition to the two groups receiving a medication or a placebo, there was a third group that received nothing — no medication and no placebo. To the doctors’ surprise, patients in the third group improved as often as those in the placebo group."
If you think that muddies the waters try doing some reading about thew nocebo response!:
Good luck ;), I think rocket science is far less complex than neuroscience and brain chemistry!
Bye
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