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Indeed. I started taking large doses (10,000IU per day) when I read an article about a doctor at Atascadero State Hospital who got marked improvement in his vi
by russell 12y ago
Indeed. I started taking large doses (10,000IU per day) when I read an article about a doctor at Atascadero State Hospital who got marked improvement in his violent patients when he gave them vitamin D injections. Better not too low, I said to myself.
- lorddoig 12y agoI read once that Linus Pauling was convinced high-dose vitamin C could defeat a cold, and I hate colds. So now right as I feel one coming on I chow down (literally) 30,000mg and I must admit it appears to work.
- Filligree 12y agoI am an oracle. I predict that, although it has worked so far, it will now cease to work. Check back in a year, you'll see.
- lorddoig 12y agoI don't think the placebo effect works when he who's dishing it out is quite so blatant about it.
- jmulho 12y agoBut it appears to work when the person taking the placebo diagnosed their own cold coming on.
- lorddoig 12y agoThe implication being there is no discernible transition between perfectly fine and full-blown cold? You're just trundling along, enjoying your day, and then - BAM! - like a ninja, it's there? Or are you saying it's too difficult a diagnosis to make without professional support? "What's wrong with you?" "I don't know, my nose is starting to feel a bit weird and my head feels a bit stuffy.".........."Just back from A&E and would you believe it's a cold!" "No!" Yeah thought not.
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- collyw 12y agoApparently it does. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/dec/22/placebo-effect-patients-sham-drug http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/dec/22/placebo-effec...
- Filligree 12y agoI was actually thinking of regression to the mean.