[dfwgator]

Sell placebos as a weight-loss drug, but charge so much for them you won’t be able to buy food. BRILLIANT!

[Gay State Conservative]

Having worked for a large,very well known,hospital and having participated in many research studies (easy money...thousands of dollars) I know something about medical research. Worthwhile research studies are all "double blind"...meaning that neither the doctor nor the participant knows if they're getting the real thing or a placebo.

True story: while working in the ER I'd often see little old ladies come in who worried too much about their health. They'd come in with things like headaches. After a full workup if the doctors didn't find anything they'd sometimes order what they call the "NaCl cure"...meaning a saline injection. Often when the patient got the saline injection they'd quickly report their pain was completely gone.

The placebo effect.