Posted by chujoe on May 15, 2010, at 19:04:32
In reply to Lou's response-phatahmoarghanna » hansi555, posted by Lou Pilder on May 15, 2010, at 11:42:27
Lou writes: "...by taking chemicals into your system... There is a lot of research concerning the placebo effect in relation to the taking of psychotropic chemicals...."
Does this mean that the good results are from the placebo effect, but the bad effects are from the drug?
Also, what is the difference, in principle, between the "chemicals" Lou talks about and, say, aspirin? Aren't they all chemicals? Aren't tea and coffee full of chemicals that change our moods? And chocolate? I ask this question in perfect sincerity: What is the difference between my ingestion of Ritalin and Cymbalta and my ingestion of coffee and chocolate?
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