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Individual experiences volunteered online are a very low value signal when assessing the efficacy of a medicine. This is why homeopathy exists. I'm not blindly
by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
Individual experiences volunteered online are a very low value signal when assessing the efficacy of a medicine. This is why homeopathy exists.
I'm not blindly trusting of corporations, but the manufacturer's claims are likely to be a better guide than anecdotes, at least in a country with reasonable regulation of medicines and medical claims.
- lamontcg 4y ago> the manufacturer's claims are likely to be a better guide than anecdotes not really. they're both equally poor. even if the manufacturer has clinical trials, they often need to be treated with skepticism.
- lamontcg 4y ago(Independent clinical trials are much better--the ones that the manufacturer uses to get approval often have undisclosed biases and the drug or whatever is often found to subsequently not be quite the wonder drug the first trials suggest)
- anonymous_sorry 4y agoI don't disagree. But probably still better than a few "it worked for me!" comments on the internet.