Placebo effect on the rise

Seriously, according to this article in Wired magazine. Apparently the pharma industry is finding that the effect size of placebo in drug trials has been increasing. Drugs which passed testing decades ago are no longer more effective than placebo.

Presumably by 2012 placebo will be a 100% effective high...

» more at: www.wired.com

Posted By omgoleus at 2009-08-25 20:47:50 permalink | comments

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Tim. : 2009-08-26 13:19:18

I'm sure Rupert Sheldrake would have something to say about this...

jamesk : 2009-08-25 20:48:40

I just read this article in print and had to laugh at all the money spent developing drugs that have side effects worse than the ailments they "cure" with less effectiveness than placebo. Say WTF?

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