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What about when it does work for people as an oral decongestant though? Are you suggesting that's just randomness? Or perhaps the placebo effect? I guess I'm no
by dataflow 5y ago
What about when it does work for people as an oral decongestant though? Are you suggesting that's just randomness? Or perhaps the placebo effect? I guess I'm not entirely convinced it's really useless for that purpose, but I'm just a layman.
- Kwantuum 5y agoThe original article doesn't just suggest it, it claims it outright, and links a study to back up that claim: https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(10)60240-2/fulltext https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(10)60240-2/ful...
- askvictor 5y agoHere's my theory: you know that pseudoephedrine works, so taking this thing that's supposed to be a replacement for it, and sounds pretty similar, will convince your brain that phenylephrine will also work. So yes, placebo, but with foreknowledge of the effectiveness of pseudoephedrine. I'm curious if there have been placebo-controlled studies on phenylephrine where the participants were told they were receiving pseudoephedrine