II. Definitions
- Placebo Effect
- Therapy not relevant to condition being treated
- Dummy medication used for control group
- Latin derivation: "I will please"
- Nocebo Effect
- Opposite (or inverse) of the Placebo Effect
- Negative outcomes or symptoms resulting from a patient believing that an intervention will cause harm
III. General
- Response to Placebo: 20-30% of study participants
IV. Efficacy
- Meta-analysis shows no therapeutic benefit of using Placebo
- Avoid treating medical conditions or symptoms with Placebo in clinical practice (aside from studies)
- References