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Where have I been that I'm apparently the only person in this thread who doesn't already know what "nocebo" means?
by rhizome 7y ago
Where have I been that I'm apparently the only person in this thread who doesn't already know what "nocebo" means?
- LeoPanthera 7y agoIt's the negative equivalent of a placebo. It usually manifests by patients experiencing the listed side-effects of a drug, even when given a placebo.
- stu_k 7y agoIt's in the article: "These switches to generic medical and psychotropic medications have from time to time caused an increase in reported adverse events, and this is likely to be due to negative attitudes towards generic medicines rather than pharmacological differences between the branded and generic versions of the medication. This phenomenon is known as the nocebo effect"
- rhizome 7y agoI don't know if I'd call that "in" the article. I suppose it's an explanation of a sort, but really? It looks like it was spit out by a science-bullshit generator.