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It can have adverse effects worse than the nocebo effect (nocebo in Latin means "I will harm". It is the negative twin of the placebo effect).
by pygy_ 14y ago
It can have adverse effects worse than the nocebo effect (nocebo in Latin means "I will harm". It is the negative twin of the placebo effect).
- jsilence 14y agoI thought the nocebo effect described that a placebo even worked when the patient knew he was getting a placebo.
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago“In medicine, a nocebo is a harmless substance that creates harmful effects in a patient who takes it.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo