placebo
Conspiracy theories tagged "placebo."
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SSRI Antidepressants & Serotonin Myth
Meta-analyses suggest SSRIs barely beat placebo for mild depression. The 'chemical imbalance' theory was a marketing slogan, not science. But millions of people say antidepressants saved their lives. What's going on?
1987 · United States · Irving Kirsch, Peter Breggin, Joanna Moncrieff
Debunked
Homeopathy Suppressed by Medical Establishment
The claim by homeopathy advocates that their practice is suppressed not because it lacks evidence but because it threatens pharmaceutical revenues -- despite systematic reviews consistently finding effects indistinguishable from placebo.
1810 · Germany · Samuel Hahnemann, Jacques Benveniste, Luc Montagnier