On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 12:56, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
> So is the placebo effect science? It is greater than expected by chance, > isn't it? > AFAIK, most (all?) drug trials have control, experiment *and* placebo[1]. Authorities don't approve drugs that underperform the placebo. I'm not sure of the specific criteria with regards to statistical significance and practices worldwide. Cursory reading tells me that there is significant debate on the ethics of giving patients a placebo treatment. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo-controlled_study Kiran
