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Therefore - “the fact that real and sham acupuncture are roughly as effective as each other, implies that real acupuncture merely exploits the placebo effect."
So the authors conclude that acupuncture “works only because the patients have faith in the treatment” (and that "the actual placebo effect for a particular patient depends entirely on the belief system and personal experiences of that individual.")
I am one of those people who had faith . . . Over the past 20+ years I've spent hundreds of dollars on MANY visits to acupuncturists (in desperate quest to cure skin conditions like acne and eczema).
Thus I was admittedly:
- A tad disappointed by the authors' conclusions - given that I'm drawn to alternative treatments (hoping they'll provide answers that Western medicine cannot.)
- Somewhat relieved - that I can now confidently stop seeking these treatments (until such time that "randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trials" prove that acupuncture actually works!)
What about YOU? Have you tried acupuncture? Has it worked? REALLY?
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Shannon
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