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The human body is extremely complex, drugs have always side-effects. Placebo effect is quite efficient for simple symptoms and has no side-effect, so it's in ou

The human body is extremely complex, drugs have always side-effects. Placebo effect is quite efficient for simple symptoms and has no side-effect, so it's in our interest to "want to believe"

ses1984 2y ago
Placebos do have side effects, it's called the nocebo effect.
- sage92 2y ago
  Would you really call that a side effect? Nocebo is more akin to the opposite effect. We wouldn't say negative is a side effect of positive