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A comment on Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA. Parent comment

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by empath75 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @03:46PM (#21642486)
Yeah, i understand that, but the point of a placebo is that you don't know whether you got the medicine being tested or not. I can assure you that you will be left with zero doubt about whether you received a psychedelic or not, unless it's a very small dose.
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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by homonculus1 on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:00AM (#21648369)
You're thinking of a blind study, strictly speaking a placebo is simply any pharmaceutically inert substance. You can take a placebo knowingly and in fact knowing that it's not medicine doesn't stop you from getting the benefits of the placebo effect.
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