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Single blind placebo in drug research
  1. Peter Beck
  1. Consultant Physician, Llandough Hospital, Penlan Road, Llandough, Penarth Vale of Glamorgan CF54 2XX

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    The recent article by Evans in the journal on the single blind placebo in drug research is timely and its conclusions were persuasive. The basic premiss that single blind placebo “washout” periods are ethically specious was well argued and I agree that from a scientific point of view they have no valid justification. The real reasons …

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