The placebo effect is way weirder than you think.

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References

Coloured pills https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4113531/
Italian men https://link.springer.com/article/10....
Coloured packaging https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6786566/
Four times a day placebo more effective than twice a day for duodenal ulcers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
From Latin poetry to sham surgery: A history of placebos By Amir Imani https://www.canadianhealthcarenetwork...
Honest placebo (IBS) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
Honest placebo (back pain) https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstrac...
Overdose on placebo (nocebo) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17484...
Fear and fentanyl misinformation https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/...
Article about cops accidentally overdosing https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...
Arthroscopy landmark trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM...
Fake pacemakers https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
Neural mechanism of pain and placebo    • Howard Fields, MD, PhD, The Placebo E...  

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