Re:The anesthetic effect of air at atmospheric pressure
by nradov on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @02:52PM
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You don't see NFL players using oxygen masks much anymore. Some people used to believe that it accelerated recovery from hard exertion but experiments have shown that it makes no significant difference. It's a placebo effect if anything.
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Re:The anesthetic effect of air at atmospheric pressure
by Aerbil313 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:29PM
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Disc: Generally speaking, not spesific to the oxygen mask thing.
> Some people believe it but experiments have shown that it makes no significant difference. It's a placebo effect.
I cannot count the amount of times I heard this on medicines and treatments. A too high percentage of them turn out to be not plasebo after a short amount of time. I believe “the experiments shown <anecdatolly working and commonly practised treatment> is plasebo” is the the first line of defense of the medical status quo against change.