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Re: acgood post# 110871

Tuesday, 12/14/2010 12:05:46 PM

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:05:46 PM

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Placebo effects in pain trials

One of the most difficult and problematic sources of measurement error is the substantial placebo effect in pain trials. Upwards of 60% in some studies and routinely accounting for 30% of variance.

http://symptomresearch.nih.gov/chapter_1/sec2/cmms2pg1.htm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-see-how-placeb

Take away, you better have a darn good pain reliever.

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