Comments on: The Real Placebo Effect http://anadder.com/the-real-placebo-effect Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:39:56 +1100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The Placebo Effect Revisited -- a Nadder! http://anadder.com/the-real-placebo-effect/comment-page-1#comment-77624 The Placebo Effect Revisited -- a Nadder! Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:05:59 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=343#comment-77624 [...] is a continuation of a very old post I did on the placebo effect. To summarise, a lot of people seem to think the placebo effect is [...] [...] is a continuation of a very old post I did on the placebo effect. To summarise, a lot of people seem to think the placebo effect is [...]

]]> By: Branding Bias -- a Nadder! http://anadder.com/the-real-placebo-effect/comment-page-1#comment-11649 Branding Bias -- a Nadder! Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:41:43 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=343#comment-11649 [...] Placebo effect investigations show that a placebo that costs more or has fancier packaging works better than a low cost or cheaply-packaged placebo. (Source) [...] [...] Placebo effect investigations show that a placebo that costs more or has fancier packaging works better than a low cost or cheaply-packaged placebo. (Source) [...]

]]> By: michael http://anadder.com/the-real-placebo-effect/comment-page-1#comment-5372 michael Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:49:46 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=343#comment-5372 good point -- i heard about a study which ran this 3-way test and there was no significant difference between the placebo group and the "nothing" group which was suggesting that there is no placebo effect at all! but i assume other studies would show a difference. in any case i don't think they have the resources to run a 3-way for most medical studies so the 2nd and 3rd groups would both be subsumed under the placebo group good point — i heard about a study which ran this 3-way test and there was no significant difference between the placebo group and the “nothing” group which was suggesting that there is no placebo effect at all! but i assume other studies would show a difference.

in any case i don’t think they have the resources to run a 3-way for most medical studies so the 2nd and 3rd groups would both be subsumed under the placebo group

]]> By: YANKEL http://anadder.com/the-real-placebo-effect/comment-page-1#comment-5335 YANKEL Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:18:50 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=343#comment-5335 I think the 2nd point is not the placebo effect but the "self heeling effect". I think they divide the test in 3 groups. One group gets the real drug, the 2nd group gets a placebo and the 3rd group gets nothing. Now any difference we see between the placebo group and the nothing group is mostly because of the "body healing itself from suggestion", unless the drug is for pain, in which case the "patient believing they are healed" also plays a role. I think the 2nd point is not the placebo effect but the “self heeling effect”. I think they divide the test in 3 groups. One group gets the real drug, the 2nd group gets a placebo and the 3rd group gets nothing. Now any difference we see between the placebo group and the nothing group is mostly because of the “body healing itself from suggestion”, unless the drug is for pain, in which case the “patient believing they are healed” also plays a role.

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