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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:45 PM Original message |
Poll question: Poll Concerning the Placebo Effect |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Treatment B has not been shown to be effective. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Placebo B |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I thought about that |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Depends what you're treating. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. well, treatment B was assumed not to be a pill but had a more active component |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But it was no more effective than placebo. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. if these were the only studies |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Seems the right answer, to me |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm becoming very cynical about pills that are only so, so effective, |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Have you ever actually looked at clinical data? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. More Bullshit! |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. LOL |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You're joking right? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Answer this |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I've already answered that. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Then just do NO TREATMENT AT ALL--no placebo |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Never mind |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I certainly do hope it is just you... |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Uh, did YOU read the study on placebos? |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ok, I have had my two cups of coffee for the day now, and... |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. the point is |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. It's fascinating that publication bias may explain a large portion of the correlation between ... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Name a disease cured by a placebo |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. what a silly argument |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is the dumbest thing I've seen in awhile |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Why ingest the empty calories |
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