Wednesday, September 21, 2011

What is a placebo?



In our headache experiment we gave half of the students a placebo?

What does that mean?

Why would someone ever feel better if they receive one in a clinical trial??

Mr. F :-)
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    It's a fake medicine I loved what we did in class today you are awesome mr. Forde!!!!!!!!!!
    Will Bruno

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    that was a really fun experiment we did today!!!

    Ashleigh L:)

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    I wasn't part of the placebos but the person next to me(Jordan b) had a funny face after they drank both of the cups! haha :D

    -Lauren R.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    That was a really fun experiment!

    you are awesome!

    ~Alex F.:)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    The placibo expisemet was very fun and that i leared that in a clinical trial its a 50 50 chsnce you can get a placibo wich as you know (becouse you tought it to us) is a suger pill so sientice can see if there is a differeince

    Renzo Sanchez

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