Comment on Placeboz

lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I agree. However, to me, something feels wrong about companies making money selling a product to people with the promise that they work when they don’t actually do anything in and of themselves. It’s false advertising plus taking money out of people’s pockets.

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  • Lev_Astov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    IIRC, studies have also shown that the cost of the placebo had a direct correlation to the efficacy. Ah yes: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345649/

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    • AeroLemming@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Put it on 90% “sale” all the time.

      I know that’s illegal, but when have laws mattered to pharmaceutical companies?

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    • lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh my gosh. My brain is so stupid, is the author of this message.

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  • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s not stupid if it works

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