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And DBS treatment was approved for use in the U. S. by the FDA without the use of sham surgery as a placebo control in clinical trials. 
linda
www.pdpipeline.org

-- "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  if
> the trials for something like DBS, just make that information available to
> the patients and physicians considering the treatment with language along
> the lines of  "40% of PD patients showed improvement with DBS surgery, but
> there was no control group for ethical reasons.


DBS was ŽinventedŽ in France without the help of sham surgery...
Maryse cg JOhn , 78, 18

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