Content Warning: This episode discusses illness including HIV/AIDS and death. 

In this episode of What’s Science, Amelia discusses chronic pain, clinical trials and super placebo effects with Marcia Schofield, a pain specialist doctor and mum to your favorite podcast co-host, Susan. Marcia has been principal investigator on clinical trials, and especially in co-production of clinical trials with patients.  

For more information on: 

Clinical Trial Phases: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/find-a-clinical-trial/what-clinical-trials-are/phases-of-clinical-trials 

Co-production of clinical trials: https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n434 

Sativex: https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/treatments-and-therapies/cannabis/sativex 

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