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Funnily enough, accuracy is a somewhat inaccurate term when it comes to medical testing. What we are interested in are sensitivity, specificity [0] and prevalence of the disease in…

I do agree with your skepticity. A better study design could use midazolam as placebo. And I think a good idea would be to ask the participants amd their physicians, which one do t…

That’s awful. I’ve also read about shady clinics in the US that don’t really screen their patients but just give the drug to anyone who pays. E.g. https://www.scientificamerican.co…

Thanks, I appreciate your comment and experience. I agree that if one was to get those effects, one would be quite unlikely to suspect placebo. I hope you got the help you needed f…

Advice not to operate an automobile is for minimizing risks. It doesn't mean that most would be unable to handle a car, although it could mean that their reaction times would be sl…

I agree about you second point. I was too quick to make my comment and I was conflating stuff I've read about nasal esketamine, which didn't have as robust evidence behind it as i.…

I’m sorry but you are strongly over exaggerating the (side) effects of i.v. ketamine. It’s not a dose that sends you in a K hole. It’s way less than that. Some get sedation and som…