Placebo affect (don't know if it is effect or not)

[Flotsam]

If I went to my friend giving him a sugar pill saying that it was vitamin b-6 or a miracle LD inducing drug, would it have a placebo effect (affect?) on him afterall it's all in our heads?

[justme]

maybe depends, it might be harder to do something like that on urself because ur mind has to be strong engough to fool something and has to be weak engough to be fooled by it

[Peregrinus]

Almost all medical drug studies are double-blind, meaning that the doctors and nurses administering the drugs don't know which pills are the real thing and which are the placebos, thus ensuring that their own actions will be uniform in the delivery (i.e. not giving away to the patients in some subtle way which pill is which). Since you'll know that what you're giving your friend is a sugar pill, your presentation and delivery might not be genuine enough to convince your friend that what he/she is receiving is a genuine LD-inducing drug. Also, you must remember that placebos are not effective in most people - that's why sugar isn't prescribed as a cure-all when you go to the doctor. It's worth a shot, though, I suppose. It could make for an interesting experiment.

[Flotsam]

Sounds good was just wondering about it.

[gibbsman]

I definitely agree with what others have said, but I think that the placebo effect is pretty strong. If you could convince him to use it, I'm sure it would have effects on him. Just like people who do take part in the drug studies and end up using placebo's actually think it is helping them and they feel better.

[Alucinor Architecton]

it MIGHT have a placebo effect but why don't you just be nice and bive him a b6! it'd prabably be more effective anyways.

[Theresa]

That would be an interesting study. I don't know about everyone else, but I'd sure like to see the results of that (not that it could work on us now...)