I used to think that there might be something to acupuncture. I really did. But the more I evaluated the evidence, the more underwhelmed I was. Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo, nothing more. Harriet Hall agrees.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/false-claims-for-acupuncture/ …
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That's interesting ... is there a laymen-friendly-ish analysis/eport about this that you could point me to? It's really weird defending acupuncture!
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I had to read his statement several times. It seems to imply the placebo effect occurs only in RCT’s? Also is it possible that creating a “placebo” in acupuncture studies is a difficult thing to do,resulting in little difference between control and active group (serious question)
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This layman suspects that studying placebo effect, which depends on the controlled delusion of your subjects, is wicked hard.
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Wait...what? As per etymology, “placebo” in its medical sense was first recorded in 1785. The concept of “placebo effect” was attested in 1900.
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I like the definition of a placebo effect as "anything that might hide the effect you want to look at" - it really helps to get past the idea of "using" a placebo effect

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that's a good definition for a researcher - but what about for the patient? If the placebo effect "makes" pain diminish for them, then tough beans if it hides a "real" effect!
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