placebo effect

AI Overview The percentage of results that are placebo varies depending on the study type and condition being treated, but can range from 21% to 40%: Placebo-controlled trials The average placebo response in placebo-controlled trials is 34%. Antidepressant clinical trials The mean placebo...

Hey guys. Did my first injection yesterday evening, 50mg in the delt. HCG in the stomach. No pain! But today I do feel different. And I'm not sure that it's possible or real. But I'm okay with my brain convincing me otherwise. I feel more "focused". Like my mental vision/clarity is in a...

For millennia, doctors, caregivers, and healers had known that sham treatments made for happy customers. Thomas Jefferson himself marveled at the genius behind the placebo. “One of the most successful physicians I have ever known has assured me that he used more bread pills, drops of colored...