Placebos are fascinating things: basically inert sugar pills given in lieu of actual medicine. Well, it seems that big drug companies have been canceling drug trials because their new pills have been faring no better than placebos in trials.
I came across this article in Wired, and though I haven't finished reading it yet, wanted to write a little about it.
Now, I'm not sure what to think about placebos in relation to my condition. My body isn't producing gamma globulin, this is known. It's also known that intravenous and subcutaneous injection of gamma globulin products can stimulate the immune system into functioning properly. I definitely don't know whether or not I'd want to participate in a trial that could involve placebos.
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