Placebo Anyone?

[DammitLetMeIn]

Most of the men who took finasteride experienced no further hair loss. Indeed, while 86 percent of the men taking finasteride either maintained or showed an increase in the amount of their hair, so did 42 percent of the men taking a placebo, an effect that can be explained by the cyclical nature of hair growth. When the men stopped taking the pills, the effects of the drug were lost, meaning hair loss resumed. TARGET HEALTH submitted an IND and performed a clinical trial in the area of hair growth. The client was amazed to see a placebo effect and didn't quite believe it.

http://www.targethealth.com/ontarget/1997/112397.htm

 

[bubka]

42% had "regrowth or maintained" I would imagine that it is maintained as most people do not constantly and steadily balled

 

[DammitLetMeIn]

42% had "regrowth or maintained" I would imagine that it is maintained as most people do not constantly and steadily balled

It seems you choose to believe what you want to believe. The placebo effect is well-documented for many diseases/drugs.

 

[barcafan]

42% had "regrowth or maintained" I would imagine that it is maintained as most people do not constantly and steadily balled

so maybe that was the case for 42% of the people on propecia as well? Maybe propecia itself did nothing and they just didnt continue to bald for the time they took it.

 

[Bryan]

42% had "regrowth or maintained" I would imagine that it is maintained as most people do not constantly and steadily balled

I wish I could constantly and steadily get balled!

Bryan

 

[Jm0311]

like dicked down?

 

[lain]

I think they should get the 86% figure - 42% to get the real effectiveness = 44%.

 

[SkylineGTR]

id like to see the background info to their study.

# of patients.
Their current health status.
Amount of regrowth.
Length of trials.
etc...

that 42% could of just regrown hair that was naturally in a shed cycle and looked new afterwards. Or they could of had existing health or psychological conditions that improved or something.

Hell the study coulda just been on 10 guys. and a few of their lives improved otherwise.

 

[wookster]

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/100_heal.html

Research has confirmed that a fake treatment, made from an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution, can have a "placebo effect"--that is, the sham medication can sometimes improve a patient's condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful. For a given medical condition, it's not unusual for one-third of patients to feel better in response to treatment with placebo.

"Expectation is a powerful thing," says Robert DeLap, M.D., head of one of the Food and Drug Administration's Offices of Drug Evaluation. "The more you believe you're going to benefit from a treatment, the more likely it is that you will experience a benefit."