Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. (long)

Adeptus_Minor · 08-27-2009, 07:35 PM

Just going by the thread title...
Why are placebos getting more effective?
Umm... because more and more illnesses are the physical manifestation of our inner desire to blame our diminished sense of well-being on something we can take a pill for rather than on something we have to work to change.

Homeslice · 08-27-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Just going by the thread title...
Why are placebos getting more effective?
Umm... because more and more illnesses are the physical manifestation of our inner desire to blame our diminished sense of well-being on something we can take a pill for rather than on something we have to work to change.

qft

101lifts2 · 08-28-2009, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Just going by the thread title...
Why are placebos getting more effective?
Umm... because more and more illnesses are the physical manifestation of our inner desire to blame our diminished sense of well-being on something we can take a pill for rather than on something we have to work to change.

These words hold alot of merit. There are many "mind made" illnesses that are simply cured by guess what...the mind. Also, the mind is very powerful at controlling the healing process of the body...this is nothing new.

TYEster · 08-28-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

These words hold alot of merit. There are many "mind made" illnesses that are simply cured by guess what...the mind. Also, the mind is very powerful at controlling the healing process of the body...this is nothing new.

Could you maybe tell mine to recover a little faster from workouts as if I were "enhanced"?

Let's see that placebo.

Destitute · 08-28-2009, 10:34 AM

Jesus, if only there was a panacea that didn't require a physical pill but people would pay for I could be rich. Christ, what an opportunity.

The long-held mystery of the universal social occurrence of religion is solved.

derf · 08-28-2009, 11:36 AM

This probably has something to do with more oversight and better testing procedures.

Destitute · 08-28-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

This probably has something to do with more oversight and better testing procedures.

Or a more benign society. (As much as I don't care for science impostor Sharon Begley)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/211746

101lifts2 · 08-28-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TYEster

Could you maybe tell mine to recover a little faster from workouts as if I were "enhanced"?

Let's see that placebo.

hahahahaha

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Destitute Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 315	Jesus, if only there was a panacea that didn't require a physical pill but people would pay for I could be rich. Christ, what an opportunity. The long-held mystery of the universal social occurrence of religion is solved.