# NutraSweet Crisis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrasweet-crisis/281453>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 24, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrasweet-crisis/281453 "2004-12-24T06:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Killgarren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Killgarren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Killgarren)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrasweet-crisis/281453/1 "2004-12-24T06:48:32Z")

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How the hell did her retina get detached from taking a placebo??? I would REALLY love to know the answer to that question though.

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961129.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961129.html)

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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrasweet-crisis/281453/2 "2004-12-24T14:39:51Z")

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> [@Killgarren](#):
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> How the hell did her retina get detached from taking a placebo??? I would REALLY love to know the answer to that question though.
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> [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961129.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961129.html)

Where does it say that her retina became detached **from** taking a placebo? There’s a difference between saying that something happened **while** taking something (i.e. possibly by coincidence) and something happened **from** (as a result of) taking something else.