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[novapsyche]

I think this has more to say about the placebo effect than the effectiveness of the medications tested. Note that this study tested children over the span of one night. The placebo effect can last several days, but then it wanes. Effective medicines will always outlast the placebo.

Cough medicines 'have no benefit'

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[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

"Effective medicines will always outlast the placebo."

Is that true? I had never heard that, although it makes sense.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I don't have the source at my fingertips, but this is what I've read about the placebo effect in just the past year.