---- Original message ---- > Placebos are getting stronger. In other words, the failure > of anti-depressants to show benefit relative to placebo is > not due to poorer performance of the drugs, but to improved > performance of placebos. This, I guess, is good news, > although not necessarily for the drug industry.
------------------------------------------- How the heck to placebos get stronger? Stronger in what way, in being less "active"? Do we have different placebos for different drugs? Huh? I'm confused. Can someone please define this so that I can see why the comparison to an active agent would make sense and possibly explain why the active agent is more effective than would be the case with a weaker placebo? I feel like I just typed a bunch of oxymoronic gibberish. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1190 or send a blank email to leave-1190-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
