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The primary source is the one posted above by elsherbini. I would definitely trust a small negative placebo controlled trial over a large meta-analysis that di
by cpncrunch 9y ago
The primary source is the one posted above by elsherbini.
I would definitely trust a small negative placebo controlled trial over a large meta-analysis that didn't include any placebo controlled trials, especially for a treatment that has a 90% placebo responder rate (as the trial posted by elsherbini shows).
- meowface 9y agoWhy not publish your own meta-analysis, then? Or if not publish, at least write an amateur meta-analysis?
- cpncrunch 9y agoBecause I'm not a scientist. And anyway, the reason they didn't include this is because back in July 2016 when this review was written, there were no published placebo controlled trials. The Kelly trial was only published in Nov 2016. Presumably newer meta analyses will take this into account.
- epmaybe 9y agoBut how can you draw a conclusion if you have conflicting results from both placebo controlled studies mentioned? One with a significant difference, and the other without.