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I assume you have read the hint that the authors left in the introduction for people like you: "Such a regime must only be followed under strict and qualified

by andor 5y ago

I assume you have read the hint that the authors left in the introduction for people like you: "Such a regime must only be followed under strict and qualified medical guidance to obviate any dangers, especially haemorrhagic bleeding, and of the therapy as a whole."

JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
Well yes I’m doing a very light version of the protocol, no industrial strength anticoagulants. :)
- lrem 5y ago
  So likely you won't meet the "better than placebo" threshold.
  - nick__m 5y ago
    A placebo is frequently better than nothing and sometimes better than the real thing. I can even work if you know that it's a placebo ! Also placebo are getting stronger https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-stronger/ https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-st... ;)
    - ouid 5y ago
      Mechanistically, placebo can only work on psychosomatic symptoms. There isn't any magic going on. If the problem is in your head, then thoughts can maybe help.
      - dpark 5y ago
        Your head largely controls the rest of your body. If you take a placebo that you expect to make you angry, your levels of adrenaline will likely rise. There are all sorts of measurable, physiological changes that can be induced by placebo.
      - sheinsheish 5y ago
        Please reconsider after having a look on Joe Dispenza’s book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051504-you-are-the-placebo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051504-you-are-the-pla... At least consider the possibility that maybe (maybe = 10-50% chance?) there can be magic in our heads & bodies.
        ouid 5y ago
        no
      - baq 5y ago
        The world you see, touch, hear, smell and taste exists only in your head.
      - mmastrac 5y ago
        The recent paper on brain memory in immune response suggests this is no longer common wisdom. We just don't know. Evolution twists a lot of random wires together.
    - soperj 5y ago
      My favourite drug to take for the placebo effect is water.

by andor 5y ago

JohnJamesRambo 5y ago

Well yes I’m doing a very light version of the protocol, no industrial strength anticoagulants. :)

lrem 5y ago
So likely you won't meet the "better than placebo" threshold.
- nick__m 5y ago
  A placebo is frequently better than nothing and sometimes better than the real thing. I can even work if you know that it's a placebo ! Also placebo are getting stronger https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-stronger/ https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-st... ;)
  - ouid 5y ago
    Mechanistically, placebo can only work on psychosomatic symptoms. There isn't any magic going on. If the problem is in your head, then thoughts can maybe help.
    - dpark 5y ago
      Your head largely controls the rest of your body. If you take a placebo that you expect to make you angry, your levels of adrenaline will likely rise. There are all sorts of measurable, physiological changes that can be induced by placebo.
    - sheinsheish 5y ago
      Please reconsider after having a look on Joe Dispenza’s book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051504-you-are-the-placebo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051504-you-are-the-pla... At least consider the possibility that maybe (maybe = 10-50% chance?) there can be magic in our heads & bodies.
      - ouid 5y ago
        no
    - baq 5y ago
      The world you see, touch, hear, smell and taste exists only in your head.
    - mmastrac 5y ago
      The recent paper on brain memory in immune response suggests this is no longer common wisdom. We just don't know. Evolution twists a lot of random wires together.
  - soperj 5y ago
    My favourite drug to take for the placebo effect is water.