Placebo Effect

After proudly telling Keith how I was seeing a doctor regularly, and how my cholesterol was under control thanks to Vytorin and a steady diet of Cheerios, I see the benefits were all in my head:

At the moment, no evidence exists to show that Vytorin and Zetia help patients, said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, a cardiologist at Yale University.

The drugs could even be harmful, Dr. Krumholz said. He spoke on a panel on Sunday discussing the trial at the American College of Cardiology annual conference in Chicago.

“Just because you know what a drug does to cholesterol doesn’t mean you know what it does to patients,” Dr. Krumholz said.

Great. There is some good news, though. I have a doctor's appointment in a few weeks, so she can steer me toward a different medicine that will do me no good.