What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?

Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by dwighttk on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:44AM (#18400304)

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

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by read_if_gay_ on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:59AM (#18400420)

I 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.

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by Sean1708 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:07PM (#18400478)

FWIR it's more about their expectation of effectiveness, if they believe the placebo will be effective then the placebo will be more effective.

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