Placebos work -- even without deception
First - we are a culture that has been conditioned to expect relief by medication (say hi to the drug companies here) and
Second - Who Cares! If they're experiencing relief, good for them! However the medical community can produce and effect like this, it's good. It's certainly better than 'We can't help you at all. Live, or die, in pain and discomfort.'
(Sorry for the bitterness there...)
I suppose this is medically significant, though, and should be repeated in larger trials...
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