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Re:Most statin problems caused by mysterious 'nocebo effect'... by kurko on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:05PM (#25105370)
Not OP, and I don't think it's utter bullshit, but I can see 2 serious problems:

1. small sample, 60 people is not enough to draw great conclusions. 2. they should have included people who had never taken statins before. It's quite possible that the brain was re-generating the side-effects because it was used to before by association. They can't even have a control group for that.

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Re:Most statin problems caused by mysterious 'nocebo effect'... by bluGill on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:24PM (#25105529)
Problem is that adding those who have never had statins would be unethical. You don't give medication to those who don't need it, and you don't withhold it from those who don't. This was done on those who needed it but found the side effects too bad, which makes it ethical to study.
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