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My drug of choice is placebo. Minimal side effects. Inexpensive. The more I use it, the better it works. Has effects on a variety of ailments, both physical and psychological. I'm surprised they don't sell branded placebo at the pharmacy - "Super Placebo - now with organic filler". I think it could be a hot seller.

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They actually do here in Canada, I think they're mostly intended for children.

It's called homeopathy.

And Chiropractic. I would like to throw Psychiatry is there too, but they do seem to have some drugs that get people through short term misery. Read this the next time you wonder if that expensive antidepressant is really doing anything.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172306/

What a fascinating study. Placebo is 82 percent responsible for the positive effects of antidepressants, and the remaining effect is clinically insignificant and dominated by a change such as sleeping more, and is potentially the result of patients being able to break the blinding protocol.

Why haven't we heard more about this??

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