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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Placebos: Kaopectate
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 10:08:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 10:08:23 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

That's quite a strong statement!  Saying that no one has ever proved
something implies that you have read all the medical literature in
the world!

Perhaps someone with more knowledge can comment one way or another.
How about it, Craig?