You don’t need to look any further than the substitutes for Sudafed for pharmaceutically produced drugs that are placebos. The so-called Sudafed PE doesn’t work any better than a placebo.
The pharmaceutical industry is perfectly aware of this fact. It’s nonsense that the ED drug is the first knowingly sold placebo by a pharmaceutical company.
In the 1970s, the back pages of Penthouse had many ads for “Spanish Fly”. One company, mindful of the laws against false claims, got around it in a creative way. Their ad had a banner, Fantastic PLACEBO Sex Aids!
I admired their perverse creativity. As PT Barnum famously said, “This way to the egress”.
If you look at the data for many male-oriented medical products (ED, hair loss, etc.) they seem to show an advantage over the placebo, but they also tend to show a strong placebo effect in the control group. Why do you think they named it after Niagara?
Clearly we’re going to need volunteers for a double blinded study.
Who wants to procure the MED3000?
We’ll need to split up all volunteers into four groups: people with penises just hanging out. People with penises with goo glopped on them (no rubbing). People with goo and rubbing. And… a just rubbing group.
I have to say that vitamin bs and omega threes changed my life. A complete bonehead without them* (and proper sleep).It’s like a socially acceptable speed… turns out the cheaper vitamin bs had speed in them… definitely not a placebo and way worse for your kidneys and liver.
*still a bonehead
