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There have been "open-label placebo" trials, where the patient is aware they're getting a placebo... and it may still work. E.g. https://www.health.harvard.edu
by jfk13 8y ago
There have been "open-label placebo" trials, where the patient is aware they're getting a placebo... and it may still work.
E.g. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-know-placebo-201607079926 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-kn...
- ekianjo 8y agoNot saying it does not work. I am saying the effect is probably less.
- crummy 8y agoI agree. Though it's odd that the placebo effect seems to be getting stronger over the years (according to the article) - I would have thought it would have weakened as the concept spread through the public.
- jfk13 8y agoPerhaps that serves to emphasise just how little we actually understand it.