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Since time is part of your data, you can often become extremely confident in a treatment with a very quick trial. I recently tried an allergy medication. Probl
by nitwit005 2y ago
Since time is part of your data, you can often become extremely confident in a treatment with a very quick trial.
I recently tried an allergy medication. Problem cleared up under an hour after I took a pill, re-appeared next day with no treatment, and then once again cleared up under an hour after taking pill.
It's extremely unlikely my body decided to randomly get healthier after taking medication, and unhealthy when I stopped.
A placebo effect is possible of course, but if it was actually eliminating the symptoms, that's still a good result for the individual.
- whatshisface 2y agoYou're dealing with something that can change in an hour, but a sampling of general health issues (hangovers, susceptibility to viral infection, healing of muscles and soft tissues after normal wear and tear) shows that the time constant ranges from days to months.
- nitwit005 2y agoThe same principle applies, but you need more time for the trials, rather than 20 trials.