Posted by Bill LL on December 18, 2003, at 9:18:19
In reply to Doctor gave me a PLACEBO?, posted by Zabadoo on December 18, 2003, at 4:52:00
The answer to your question is no. Doctors cannot prescribe placebos unless you willingly sign up to agree to participate in a clinical trial.
Did the doctor give you samples of Parnate? If so, take a pill to a pharmacy and ask the pharmacist if it is Parnate. Or if you have a PDR you can look at a picture of parnate.
If you got the pill at a pharmacy, take it to a different pharmacy and ask that pharmacist.
But just because it tastes sweet doesn't necessarily mean its a placebo.
> A few days ago I started taking Parnate 20mg. I had already been on Effexor, Celexa, Remeron, Buspar. They all had very noticable side effects. But this Parnate has none. So I wondered if maybe the doctor gave me a placebo, since I had specifically requested a MAOI. I broke the tablet open and tasted it. Tasted like sugar. So the question is, can doctors prescribe placebos? Has this happened to anyone else?
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