Posted by stjames on July 5, 2003, at 0:03:36
In reply to ADs and placebo response: article series., posted by Larry Hoover on July 4, 2003, at 22:13:42
Very cool. I have always thought placebo response
proves a strong mind/body connection. However,
many times the effects noted by those receiving
a placebo in a study are general ones, like headache, so it is hard to prove one causes the other. Here is a very specific placebo response
noted in the study:Asthmatic patients have been shown to exhibit bronchoconstriction after inhaling a placebo described as a bronchoconstrictor and brochodilation after inhaling a placebo described as a bronchodilator
To me this suuports the benifit of psychological
thearpy, meditation, ect in treating conditions
that are medical in orgin.
poster:stjames
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