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From the article: >You don’t even have to deceive the patients. You can hand a patient with irritable bowel syndrome a sugar pill, identify it as such and tell
by dwighttk 8y ago
From the article:
>You don’t even have to deceive the patients. You can hand a patient with irritable bowel syndrome a sugar pill, identify it as such and tell her that sugar pills are known to be effective when used as placebos, and she will get better
- read_if_gay_ 8y agoI can't point to a source but I remember reading somewhere that the effect is significantly weakened if you tell patients it's just a placebo, although it doesn't vanish.
- Sean1708 8y agoFWIR it's more about their expectation of effectiveness, if they believe the placebo will be effective then the placebo will be more effective.