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Re:Placebos becoming too effective, pharma industry worries by pygy_ on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:08AM (#5454021)
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).
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Re:Placebos becoming too effective, pharma industry worries by jsilence on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:15AM (#5454035)
I thought the nocebo effect described that a placebo even worked when the patient knew he was getting a placebo.
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Re:Placebos becoming too effective, pharma industry worries by Samuel_Michon on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:24AM (#5454061)
“In medicine, a nocebo is a harmless substance that creates harmful effects in a patient who takes it.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo

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