Placebo Response Quotes

I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.

Research shows that if patients believe they are taking the real drug, they are more confident of improving and, so, improve even if they are actually on the placebo. Conversely, if they suspect they are taking the placebo, their expectancy of improvement declines, and so does their improvement.

The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.

The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.

Placebos work.

A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate placebos, but scientifically, placebos work in about 30% of cases that are psychogenic diseases.

Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.

I became a human placebo.

Can placebos cause side effects? If so, are the side effects real?

I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter.