Comments on: Placebo Effect Caught on MRI

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:21:51 +0000

“Before conducting human trials for drugs, pharmaceutical companies are often fully aware of many of the side effects of the products they’re testing. So, for instance, if a drug is known to cause dizziness and nausea, the drug company running the test wants the placebo to have the same side effects. And they have an explanation for this. They say the placebo should mimic the drug being tested so that the control group of the experiment will have side effects similar to the placebo group. Without that, they claim, the results of a blind study would be compromised.”
Just saying it again, this time I am quoting from Sepp Hesslberger from ‘Prescibing a placeo’ on Health Supreme. It is not true that placebos do not have side effets, exactly the opposite is true.

By: Cindy Schmidt

Cindy Schmidt — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:41:20 +0000

My daughter has rheumatoid arthritis. Maybe from a study like this they will find the location for the pain receptors for her arthritis spots, and she won’t have any pain! Look beyond the placebo information to the fact that the MRI found the location of the pain receptor for the left forearm!

By: ryan_sc

ryan_sc — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:01:42 +0000

Awesome, we had the cure for cancer all along! All we needed to do was believe! (And clap our hands. Don’t forget the clapping)

By: samlive the red

samlive the red — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:36:32 +0000

the placebo is an inert substance. usually just sugar or something else. placebo is the mind curing the body because we fool the mind into thinking something else is curing it, when really we had the power to cure ourselves all along–we just have to believe we can.

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:38:48 +0000

The one thing about placebos that usually gets left off stories like this is that the placebo is not an inert substance but something that is meant to make the subject think it may be working – so it will have some effect. Seems like what the story should be about is what was in the placebo that was working? and investigate that.

By: lansing wedding photographer

lansing wedding photographer — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:17:58 +0000

my dad is a doctor and I love baiting him with studies like this that defy his medical explanations!

By: John Farrier

John Farrier — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:38:32 +0000

I’m just generous with my verbs, that’s all. Two for the price of one.

By: jasmine

jasmine — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:15:01 +0000

“Not only is the placebo effect is becoming stronger”
is is is is is
fail.