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How does the PLACEBO EFFECT work??

daivam 3 Dec 16
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I understand,it fools the mind,believing the actual drug has been taken,but as mentioned,other factors come into play.

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The placebo effect can be more complicated than that: [sciencebasedmedicine.org]placebo-effect/.

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You say "I've got a headache", and I give you some aspirin. You take them and feel better. This happens again but instead of aspirin I give you a fake pill (a plicibo) that I say is aspirin. You take it and feel better. That's the placibo effect. Why does that work? It's not certain. Does it work always? No it does not. But if I was conducting a study of how well aspirin works I would want to measure taking aspirin for headaches with a group of people ( a population study) and compare the results against another group that just got a plicibo (a control group). Telling both groups that they all were taking aspirin would make it a " blind study". The difference in results between the two groups would indicate the effectiveness of using aspirin to cure headaches.

Nice explanation … now why do I have the feeling you just did someone’s homework 😀

@Varn you live a long time if you are lucky. You learn lots of things if you are observant . And then no one asks you any questions. Absent evidence of malice, I won't question motive. It's nice to be of setvice.

@Morganfreeman There is no placebo effect for insulin. You either take it, or you suffer and die.

@Spinliesel sounds alot like the first time I got married! Lol

@Tompain1 Don't you wish they were more like inoculations?

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