Agnosiophobia » Health http://www.agnosiophobia.com The Irrational Fear of Not Knowing Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:48:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Placebo Effect http://www.agnosiophobia.com/2010/02/10/the-placebo-effect/ http://www.agnosiophobia.com/2010/02/10/the-placebo-effect/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:43:47 +0000 Venture Free http://www.agnosiophobia.com/?p=811

I would add another reason for not using it more often. I think it is effective in part because people genuinely believe that they are getting something helpful. If it is widely known that doctors are prescribing placebos then it loses it’s efficacy because people would no longer believe as strongly that it will actually help.

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