Posted by SLS on July 12, 2006, at 6:14:48
In reply to Re: couldn't have said it better myself » linkadge, posted by SLS on July 12, 2006, at 5:49:52
> > >In my opinion, the real response to a drug will >occur whether or not a placebo is being >swallowed by the patient in the next room
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> > Allong the same lines, a true responce to a placebo will occur whether or not an active drug is being swallowed by the patient in the next room.
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> > Linkadge
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> Precisely. There is no need to have a placebo control for every investigation devised by man. The phenomenology of the placebo response is well quantized. It makes no sense to waste thousands of lives in the STAR*D protocol to test algorithms for drugs that have already been separated from placebo in previous trials.Here is an example of a study group smart enough to use the historical records of previous placebo-controlled investigations as comparators for their own three-tier antidepressant remission protocol. It seems to echo the STAR*D findings.
- Scott
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