Can Nocebos Kill?

There are three major components of the nocebo effect. The patient's symptoms from the same sugar pill yielded symptoms based on what the patients and their physicians expected. Nocebos can cause icky side effects, such as dry mouth or fatigue. They can even cause potentially life-threatening shock,. But can they kill? The short answer appears to be yes. Some researchers and physicians have hypothesized that voodoo death is an extreme form of theNocebo Effect.