Re:Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills?
by einhverfr on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @08:18PM
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> A placebo must match the drug in physical appearance, taste, texture, density, state (liquid/solid/gas), and anticipated side effects.
This makes the following statement: "When compared to a placebo, this drug had rare incidents of the following side effects..." translate as "We guessed correctly at the incidents of side effects before we started the trials," correct?
This makes the following statement: "When compared to a placebo, this drug had rare incidents of the following side effects..." translate as "We guessed correctly at the incidents of side effects before we started the trials," correct?
If so, then that's false advertising.