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tonygraham
28th June 2004, 04:04 AM
Is there such a thing as a "reverse" placebo effect? That is, if a patient were to take a clinically-proven drug for a condition, but they were convinced that it would be ineffective, would its effectiveness actually be lessened? I'm particularly interested to find out if anyone knows of any studies on this.
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RCNelson
28th June 2004, 06:23 AM
What you're asking about is very close to (but not quite) the nocebo (http://skepdic.com/nocebo.html) effect.