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Old 09-29-2020, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by lindaelane View Post
I completely agree - there is an over-the-counter SSRI in this compound, and the side effects of those chemicals are quite bad for many people. (Big pharma, however, makes huge profits on prescription SSRIs).

I gave more thought to the 140% faster claim. I realized there was a placebo group. So if the placebo group takes and average of 160 minutes to fall asleep and the Relaxium group takes 25 minutes to fall asleep , the "Relaxium Group" was more than twice as fast (twice as fast is "100 percent faster) - in fact, 140% faster. Falling asleep in 30 minutes would have been twice as fast compared to falling asleep in 60 mintues, but the "Relaxium Group" exceeded that.
I guess if you define "twice as fast" as the same as "100 percent faster", then you are correct.

But, I would define "100 percent faster" as zero time and "twice as fast" as being "50 percent faster". 160 minutes x 0.5 = 80 minutes. So, 80 minutes is 50 percent faster than 160 minutes.