Dr. Keith Baar

Or the production or the making of new blood vessels, supposed to increase the ability to get blood flow to whatever tissue that you're trying to regenerate.

We know placebo effects are very powerful.

People who have a fake knee surgery, they have better outcomes.

There are studies that suggest that the more expensive you think a drug is, even if it's a placebo, the more effective it seems to be for you.

And that's true for things like Parkinson's, which you wouldn't expect.

In this case, you're going through the trouble of ordering something online.

There's a bunch of syringes.

It's kind of scary.

You inject yourself.

It's expensive.

It's painful.

You really want this to work.

And when I was checking out, they just added 30 capsules of this synthetic hormone called demoxytocin for no reason, which doctors usually use for inducing labor or treating postpartum bleeding.

What?

Just like, hey, these are some other drugs you might like, I guess.

Oh, it was just, it's usually just a white powder, you know.

It looks maybe like some flour or cocaine.

Okay.

You know, depending on what you're most familiar with.

I got one vial that had lead in it.