tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post2141209778928067682..comments2023-03-15T12:29:40.112+00:00Comments on Punch It Chewie!: A Patient Cured Is A Customer LostInchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-57243464033873050442009-05-29T19:48:54.417+01:002009-05-29T19:48:54.417+01:00Animal sacrifice... hmm... apparently our forefath...Animal sacrifice... hmm... apparently our forefathers swore by it... might be worth a go...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-62209051065532430702009-05-29T13:16:32.902+01:002009-05-29T13:16:32.902+01:00Steve, if a placebo actually works then there's cl...Steve, if a placebo actually works then there's clearly an underlying psychological problem.<br /><br />If someone sayd that dried frog pills cure their insomnia then should a doctor continue to prescribe dried frog pills ad infinitum, or should he get to the root of the problem?<br /><br />And where do you draw the line? I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who swear blind that their condition has been helped/cured by prayer or reiki or animal sacrifice, so should we offer them on the NHS?<br /><br />The Demon tried acupuncture recently in an attempt to control her tinitus. Afterwards, she claimed to experience a reduction in her condition, but here we are a few weeks later and she now concedes that it did bugger all.<br /><br />I'm like Horatio Caine, I follow the evidence.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-53022872682108655242009-05-29T09:00:00.351+01:002009-05-29T09:00:00.351+01:00"a 'treatment' that offers no quantifiable proof t..."a 'treatment' that offers no quantifiable proof that it has any effect, positive or negative, on the NHS" - trouble is, Inchy, given the ineffectiveness of most antibiotics these days that statement could be true of a lot of treatments that the NHS offers. As for acupuncture... I'm still openminded about it. I've heard a lot of anecdotal evidence from friends and work colleagues - some as sceptical as you - that it actually worked. If a placebo actually works does that mean it should be devalued?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-83572752348751049172009-05-27T20:59:05.050+01:002009-05-27T20:59:05.050+01:00Cupping is my favourite bullshit remedy.
You may...Cupping is my favourite bullshit remedy. <br /><br />You may as well have been prescribed Benylin as your back cure, at least that placebo is painless and tastes not bad.Jaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507081440144941729noreply@blogger.com