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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Placebos: Kaopectate
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 15:23:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 15:23:17 1985
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>Incidently, no one has ever proved the familar anti-diarrheal, Kaopectate, 
>works clinically, indeed pharmacologically there is no reason why it should, 
>but it continues to sell very well anyway because people think it works, & 
>MD's order it for their patients 'cause their patients think it works, and 
>everyone's happy, more or less.
>John Gurian

Except when they're swallowing it--Yuck!

I've always thought that people think it works because it tastes so
terrible.  Something that awful MUST be medicine.

It's also a good test of how sick you feel.  I only want to take it if I 
think I'm dying.
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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