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Does Anaesthesia Prove Ketamine Placebo?
- sp332 3y agoVery interesting, but I don't know if the "placebo effect" is what I would call getting actual medical attention requiring anaesthesia. I would guess they feel less depressed because they got treated for something that was worsening their depression.
- ksaj 3y agoI've only seen them toss the results off as proof of placebo, but they don't seem to interested in determining if the "trip" teaches the patient something that they take along with them for at least a while. Perhaps temporarily learning how to connect with a part of the brain that is normally off limits to them. So, maybe it's not medicinal. It might be more instructive.
- nullindividual 3y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36027510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36027510