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pfortuny on Oct 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brai...

It is unethical to say that you are administering a medicine when you are not doing it, except in trials to which the subject has agreed.

Tyrannosaur on Oct 28, 2021 [–]

I 100% agree, but that doesn't mean we can't still administer placebos:

I've read elsewhere that you don't have to lie to the person to still have a successful placebo effect- they can still receive a benefit even knowing it's not a real drug.

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