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  1. I work in clinical trials. Lots of them. In my experience placebos lead to all manner of AEs and SAEs. The only thing worse is the active treatment.

  2. umvue, I don't know what an AE or an SAE is, but I guarantee that our top-quality placebos will, in a blind study, generate them at no higher rate than an inactive substance!

    Christopher, that's great!

    Mark, that's interesting!

    Pierre-Hugues, that is both great _and_ interesting!

    I am in an emphatic mood today! Go Giants!

  3. "but I guarantee that our top-quality placebos will, in a blind study, generate them at no higher rate than an inactive substance!"

    I'm not so sure about your guarantee in an individual trial.

  4. Placebo doesn't cause side-effects? It caused me severe iritation, depression and anger! I mean, have you even listened to 'Without You I'm Nothing'?

  5. @Peter
    God I hope I am being trolled.
    Just in case, you don't actually know what a placebo is, it's a medicine that doesn't actually do anything. They're usually made of sugar.
    If You get Side effects from sugar, you should probably go get tested for diabetes.

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