A 16-week clinical trial of 59 people who have CDH from transformed migraine (not chronic tension-type headaches) found that about 29% experienced at least 50% headache relief while taking Topamax. On average, participants in this group had 3.5 fewer bad days a month. Those who…
Here’s another report on a study indicating that the placebo effect is more than participants wanting to please researchers. This isn’t the first study to blow that high school biology theory out of the water, just the most recent. All three articles I’ve blogged about…
Brain’s Painkillers may Cause ‘Placebo Effect’, Study provides a more thorough account of how painkillers in the brain can be influenced by the placebo effect, which I posted on yesterday in Placebos & Pain Relief. Even if you read the previous one, the newest article…