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Saturday, January 31st, 2015

Parkinson’s Placebo Drugs Perceived as Expensive are More Effective

Author:     David Jackson
Source:     Utah People's Post
Publication Date:     January 29, 2015
 Link: Parkinson’s Placebo Drugs Perceived as Expensive are More Effective
Stephan:   The other day I ran a report on the ability of a meditating mind to control cellular function down to the DNA level. Here is another study showing how incredibly nuanced this ability is, and how culturally mediated our thoughts are. The association of efficacy with price is an example of the process.
A new study revealed that Parkinson’s placebo drugs that were believed to be more expensive than regular drugs are much more effective that regular placebo drugs. The study was published in the American Academy of Neurology online issue of Neurology.

The capability to control our bodies down to the DNA level, is incredibly nuanced, as this placebo study reports.

A new study revealed that Parkinson’s placebo drugs that were believed to be more expensive than regular drugs are much more effective that regular placebo drugs. The study was published in the American Academy of Neurology online issue of Neurology.

Dr. Alberto Espay, study author, believes this has to do with the patients’ expectations that play a major role in the effectiveness of their own treatments. Placebo drugs have achieved great results in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and this new study sheds some more light on why that is.

This is the first study in Parkinson’s disease to test the placebo effects of drug cost. Espay revealed that they wanted to see if the people’s perception of the cost of […]

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