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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 01:51 PM
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7. if these were the only studies
And they were large, than it would seem that Placebo used for B is more effective than the placebo used for A.

How could that be?

Remember the study on arthroscopic knee surgery being no more effective than a placebo? The placebo WAS ALSO AN OPERATION. They put the people under, and just made a little cut in the knee, and did none of the other stuff. This was just as effective as the surgery.

Both were better than a pill, or doing nothing.

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