The most common Placebos are sugar pills, teas and surgeries, but may be any other 'fake' treatment. What all have in common placebos is that they contain an active substance.
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For example, as part of a study on a drug to lower cholesterol, some patients receive the drug 'real', while others are given a placebo.Neither group will know if your treatment is real or fake. The researchers then compared the results of both groups to determine the effectiveness of the new drug and its side effects detected.
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This is a phenomenon by which a patient's symptoms may improve following administration of a substance without effects directly related to the treatment of disease.
Slide 4 which results in improvement of the patient. That is, the patient may be better or even recover from illness thanks to the feeling of being treated or hope of healing. …show more content…
However, studies such as scientific experiment Ted Kaptchuk, Osher Research Center of Harvard Medical School, showing improvements in patients with placebo administration even when they had warned that it was.
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However, it remains a very controversial issue, especially from the point of view of ethics, as codes of conduct do not allow doctors to administer inane substances or deceive their patients.
Slide 7 (conclusion) the results of studies of the placebo effect are revealing some surprising details about the power of faith, about how the mind is capable of doing great deeds in healing the body, but "in reality, it is not a surprise, since the body is an infinitely intelligent organism ".
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