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11: The placebo effect

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Is Active Placebo Really Effective?

Active placebo is simply giving someone an active drug that you're certain has no direct effect on the condition. It's effective by definition because of the actual thing, but it's not effective in the eyes of the local medicines authority for this is indicated for this condition. This is why we spend so much time on trying to control studies in the first place. The whole point is not though, I think it's a particularly effective or that it should work, but it shows like the length,. the length that you have to go to when you're trying to get inside and address the issues that are at work here.

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