Interesting. How does a drug do worse than a placebo? Surely those who a placebo works on will also benefit from the drug, since the placebo doesn't disappear w

Interesting. How does a drug do worse than a placebo? Surely those who a placebo works on will also benefit from the drug, since the placebo doesn't disappear when the drug is real? So an ethical doctor can just prescribe medicine. It should work through its intended action + placebo :)