Facts About St. Placebo’s Effects…

Follow the links for info on actual placebo studies (and to see just how much St. Placebo loves you):

• Two placebo pills work better than one.

• Bigger pills work better.

• So do colored pills.

• Fake surgery is amazing.

• Vertebroplasty, injecting cement in a fractured spine, is very effective in relieving pain. So is placebo surgery in which no cement is injected. Saint Placebo!

• Hypnotism speeds recovery after surgery.

• Empathic doctors giving placebos see better results than hurried doctors.

• Fake performance enhancers make runners faster.

• Diazepam does nothing if you don’t know you’ve taken it.

• Placebos are just as good as most anti-depressants for mild to medium depression.

• Z-drugs used as sleeping pills owe 50% of their effectiveness to St. Placebo.

• You can take a placebo, know it’s a placebo, and St. P. still comes through!

St. Placebo… always a big booster of your current health expectations!
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