Contents:
- Medical Video: Are Placebo Effects Worth Anything?
- Placebo is a drug testing method before it is released to the market
- The placebo effect can also be used to find out the effectiveness of mental illness drugs
- How does the placebo effect work?
- Placebo drugs are often misused
Medical Video: Are Placebo Effects Worth Anything?
You may not be familiar with the term placebo effect, but don't be confused with Placebo, a British band! In the medical world, the true meaning of placebo is everything that appears to be "real" medical care - when it isn't. Then, what is the use of placebo?
Placebo is a drug testing method before it is released to the market
Placebo is a method for testing the effectiveness of a drug or a particular medical treatment before being used in bulk. Placebos can be in the form of pills, injections, or other methods of treatment.
Placebo is also often referred to as an empty drug because placebo "drugs" do not contain active ingredients intended to improve or improve health. People who received placebo did not know that they were using empty drugs, so they believed that they were taking genuine medicine and progressed from taking their medication or medical treatment. In fact, there really is no effect at all.
For example like this: researchers want to test a pain reliever. Some people were chosen as research subjects. Half of the people were given painkillers that actually contained medicinal substances, while the other half were given empty drugs. Placebo will help researchers find out whether the drug is truly effective or only the suggestion of patients who feel better because they know they have taken painkillers. The response shown can also be positive or negative.
Scientists also often use placebo during research to help them understand the different effects of drugs that might occur differently for everyone. In addition, the results of the study also found that the shape and type of placebo effect given would affect its effectiveness. For example, large drugs will be better than small drugs.
The placebo effect can also be used to find out the effectiveness of mental illness drugs
The placebo effect can also be applied to test similar drugs whose development cannot be directly observed, such as drugs for sleep disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, and various other mental problems.
Although still controversial, the use of a placebo effect to treat mild mental disorders has proven effective. This is actually related to the psychological impact of the placebo effect itself. This means that effective placebo effects may occur because of expectations that arise when patients are prescribed certain drugs.
How does the placebo effect work?
Although there is no medical effect at all, the psychological effects of placebo drugs have proven effective in some cases.
This is because basically our bodies and minds are interconnected with complex systems. The placebo effect works by stimulating the mind with positive things so that it will provide an increase in psychological mood. Therefore, the placebo effect can help patients suffering from mental disorders.
In addition, the placebo effect has also been shown to be effective in dealing with pain. Stimulating the pain control center in the brain with the placebo effect will help reduce pain.
The placebo effect is indeed difficult to understand scientifically, but its therapeutic effects can provide great benefits.
Placebo drugs are often misused
Placebo is an effective method of drug testing and medical treatment. But because it works using "fake drugs" this method is often misused to deceive the public for marketing purposes.
Another negative impact of placebo is the effect of the boomerang. For example, when someone who is depressed uses a placebo drug, of course he will have expectations for the effects of the drug to cure the disease. However, because the psychological impact of placebo is only temporary, this method can eventually backfire when symptoms of depression reappear.
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