ok im doing a science project ( uhhh ). im going to take 10 people with headaches (...yay) give 5 of them placebos (the sugar pills they use when they do pharmecuatical (?) studies to see if medicine works) and 5 of them asprin. after 1 week ill ask them how theyre headaches are....etc.
point: where can i buy sugar pills (placebos) online
2007-09-07 14:02:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Buy anything that is "homeopathic", preferably the "strong" stuff with the highest dilution (according to the mumbo-jumbo theory of homeopathy, the more dilute the more powerful; with this logic, the less you eat, the fatter you will be...). These would be as pure sugar as you can find, and would be shaped like pills to look "serious".
2007-09-07 14:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't just buy sugar tablets (or ones made of any other inert material) on line or, even as suggested a pharmacist, to do a study like you describe because this type of study requires that the patient (and in blinded studies, the provider) not be able to visually differentiate the medication. Therefore who ever is doing the study would have to make the tablets of active and then inactive substances so that they look exactly alike; same color, shape, and size.
2007-09-07 14:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by vv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends, do you want generic or name brand? Because then you would have to have 3 groups of people: some taking generic placebos, some taking name brand placebos, and some taking the aspirin. Then you would have to ask yourself if the results you came up with were due to the generic placebo not being as strong as the name brand...
lol
2007-09-07 18:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by muchluv4pets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you going to find these people with headaches?
Unless they are relatives or you know them very well, you could be sued if anything happens to someone you don't know.
When new medicines are introduced they spend millions to test them. And get doctors to double check everything. and get people to sign consent forms and guinea pigs want to be paid for allowing you to test them....
Be careful with this experiment.
2007-09-07 14:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by FIOS gamer 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about on-line, but your local
druggist can sell you some, if he buys
your story.
2007-09-07 14:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just get some tic-tacs. that'll work fine.
2007-09-08 05:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by belfus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋