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Originally Posted by GGG
If big placebo keeps people from running to their doctors for perscriptions, especially antibiotics then thier is some benefit to society
If people feel healthier and better as a result of a placebo then they are better off. I think the idea of using a placebo as a real treatment has a lot of merit. If you look at double blind studies the placebo at least 20% effective and often more of eliminating the symtoms.
So if a gullible person pays money and feels better does it matter if the doctor did absolutly nothing?
I do see the risk in people believing they can do things they cant but by licensing them you provide limitations on what they can do.
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My bigger concern is if what they prescribe results in long term damage to a person's health. Naturopaths often make the mistakes that assuming it's safe because it's natural when, in large enough doses, natural products can be just as dangerous and have just as many side effects as drugs do.