tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post8207280501448574914..comments2023-11-20T00:23:16.290+01:00Comments on Stethoscope On Rome: EXTRA: Welcome, Omicron!Susan Levenstein, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-80050886419980400682021-12-01T15:15:08.727+01:002021-12-01T15:15:08.727+01:00...and of course what you say about Omicron is spo......and of course what you say about Omicron is spot on. It may turn out to be the best thing that's happened in the whole pandemic.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-42169526923288911462021-12-01T15:14:13.793+01:002021-12-01T15:14:13.793+01:00Cute study! Thanks for pointing it out. But note t...Cute study! Thanks for pointing it out. But note that all but one of the OLP studies involvedpatients with the kind of subjective or functional symptoms or conditions most likely to respond to placebo. The exception looked at hot flushes, which are not very responsive to placebos, but in that case the fatal flaw is that hot flushes often last just a few months. Don't know what you mean by AZO/Pfizer - Pfizer's efficacy fades quite a bit over 5-6 months, but AZO fades more, and more quickly.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-502359403599623132021-12-01T10:04:04.824+01:002021-12-01T10:04:04.824+01:00Thanks Susan once again. Fingers crossed for a mil...Thanks Susan once again. Fingers crossed for a milder variant, wider infection and endemicity! The Colchicine stuff is interesting. What continues to amaze me is the effect of placebos! More severe ADE's in the placebo group! Placebos, it seems can be effective, this paper suggests.."....thus, Open Label Placebos appear to be a promising treatment in different conditions...." (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83148-6#Tab2). Glad to see the AZO/Pfizer holding up so well - its what most of us Brits are ending up with. Going to be an interesting couple of weeks. Thanks again. Dr Colin Bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509558209531923580noreply@blogger.com