What is Placebo Effect? Is it when a person takes something they believe is medicine for an ailment they are suffering which is not really a medicine , and they get better? How this can be explained, I want a thoughful discussion over the subject.
Posted On : 7/18/2009 1:14:48 AM
sumeet gullaiya Reward Points : 500 Member Since : Saturday, August 01, 2009
The placebo effect is a psychological response to treatment. It is basically an inactive substance or procedure used as a control in an experiment. The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health not attributable to an actual treatment. in short we can say A placebo is a treatment with no active element.
Posted On : 8/1/2009 10:59:14 PM
Maniam PS [Guru] Reward Points : 137200 Member Since : Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I believe that this more of a psychology rather than anything else. When someone takes something believing it as a medicine, it is the confidence that the person places on the thing that he takes that cures him of his ailment.
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