tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post3195326697024798133..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Can we trust pharmaceutical trials?Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-91859305197303745662009-01-02T00:18:00.000+01:002009-01-02T00:18:00.000+01:00Hi Tom,I think everybody underestimates the power ...Hi Tom,<BR/>I think everybody underestimates the power of the placebo effect. So strong is the placebo effect, that drug trials cannot be trusted, no matter how thorough they are. The following blog describes the placebo effect very nicely:<BR/>http://conscious-universe.blogspot.com/2007/06/placebo-effect.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-81966361675538444762009-01-01T17:55:00.000+01:002009-01-01T17:55:00.000+01:00As you know, publishing negative results is fairly...As you know, publishing negative results is fairly rare! No reason to think it would be different in drug trials. The same problem bedevils meta-analysis - since these reviews rely primarily on published work and negative results are seldom published, it's likely that clinical effectiveness is over-emphasised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com