Most statin problems caused by mysterious 'nocebo effect', study suggests

Maybe, but they knew that they were on a trial featuring either placebo or the drug that they'd discontinued due to side-effects. It might not be an issue, but it could still be a mistake to assume the results here are the same as what would be seen from people starting statins.

 

just to add asking people to fill in a pain symptom form every day is not the smartest thing to do since many people of a certain age start getting various symptoms just from natural wear and tear or overdoing stuff from gardening to painting and decorating moving furniture all the usual life stuff i would take this with a large pinch of salt .also is the empty bottle stuff supposed to reflect usual care of the medical establishment for complex symptoms .