Placebo now over the counter drug...wtf?

[Nuriko]

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This really reminds me of that business over Dihydrogen Monoxide

[Neomage]

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This is what gave it away for me:

In its most common form, placebo is a white, crystalline substance of a sandy consistency, obtained from the evaporated juice of the Saccharum officinarum plant.

Then this I pulled form Wiki:

Saccharum officinarum is a variety of sugarcane also known as noblecane.

[Feba]

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This is what gave it away for me:

I am confused,

[TheGrandMom]

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This is what gave it away for me:


PLACEBO!

[Minimee]

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i have an aunt, that would be the first in line for this miracle pill. if you mention any symptoms in her presence, she is always inflicted with those same symptoms. her symptoms sometimes dont appear until the next time you run into her. i would buy stock in any company producing placebo-otc. this is probaly as stated a joke, but i think its brilliant and advanced thinking. people will buy anything with the right marketing. placebo-otc already has been clinically proven to be a miracle pill.

[Feba]

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Minimee: Ask for some Obecalp?

[Luna]

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i have an aunt, that would be the first in line for this miracle pill. if you mention any symptoms in her presence, she is always inflicted with those same symptoms. her symptoms sometimes dont appear until the next time you run into her. i would buy stock in any company producing placebo-otc. this is probaly as stated a joke, but i think its brilliant and advanced thinking. people will buy anything with the right marketing. placebo-otc already has been clinically proven to be a miracle pill.

LOL wow this is great lol

[TheGrandMom]

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i have an aunt, that would be the first in line for this miracle pill. if you mention any symptoms in her presence, she is always inflicted with those same symptoms. her symptoms sometimes dont appear until the next time you run into her. i would buy stock in any company producing placebo-otc. this is probaly as stated a joke, but i think its brilliant and advanced thinking. people will buy anything with the right marketing. placebo-otc already has been clinically proven to be a miracle pill.

Sounds like my daughter. When I was diagnosed with a genetic disease, I had extensive testing done and was found to be a mutant. (Oh boy, probably not the best thing to say on these boards. LOL) It was highly unlikely that I'd pass it on to my children but my doctor agreed to test them "off the record". (This is important to do for insurance reasons since my disease is considered terminal so this could negatively affect their chances for insurance coverage.) Well, I had my son checked first and he's clean but my daughter was dragging her feet. She liked the idea of being able to piss and moan to all her friends, or anyone that would listen, about how her mother might be passing this HORRENDOUS OMG HELP ME disease on to her. The kicker is she had some other health issues that lead to the discovery that she doesn't have the disease. First thing out of my mouth when I saw her "Ok now you can stop using that for sympathy." Frankly it pissed me off since I don't run around using it for sympathy and then someone that didn't even know if they had it was doing so.....even if she was my daughter. She'd be right behind your auntie in line I'm sure!

[Mhurron]

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found to be a mutant

Not surprised.

[TheGrandMom]

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(Oh boy, probably not the best thing to say on these boards. LOL)

Not surprised.

Predictable.

[Karinya]

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The REALLY funny part is that placebos have been available over the counter for a while now. And people actually BUY them. Why the manufacturers and distributors aren't prosecuted for fraud more often, I'm not sure, but I think the concept of deregulation of business has something to do with it. (We wouldn't want the government to *interfere* in all those businesses making profits by ripping people off, after all.)

Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. But only if there's nothing inside.

Placebos really can be "effective" at "treating" conditions that are mostly in your head to begin with, or that are likely to go away on their own after a while. Ordinary headaches fall into both categories (some migraines are an actual medical condition which placebos conspicuously fail to budge).

[Kitalrez]

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Here's to hoping TGM's mutant powers involve something to do with flinging trolls off skyscrapers...