2. Placebo
Anything that seems
to be a real medical
treatment, but isn’t.
Source: http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-the-placebo-effect Candy designed by Julia Soderberg from the Noun Project
4. Positive Placebo Effect
Your symptoms improve
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5. Negative Placebo Effect
You experience side effects
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6. Placebo Effect
The change
produced by the
treatment.
Source: http://programinplacebostudies.org/wp-content/
uploads/2011/10/2013-lessons-learned2.pdf
Image designed by Juan Pavlo Bravo
from the Noun Project
7. The Placebo Effect is the Placebo Response minus
any changes that would have occurred without the
treatment.
Example: 30 days after taking a fake treatment for
the common cold, the Placebo Response will be
close to 100%; there will be no Placebo Effect.
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from the Noun Project
Source: http://programinplacebostudies.org/wp-content/
uploads/2011/10/2013-lessons-learned2.pdf
11. The Placebo Effect is more
than just a conditioned
response.
(Pavlov’s dog does not
explain this effect.)
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Source: http://programinplacebostudies.org/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/2013-lessons-learned2.pdf
13. Want to increase the Placebo Effect?
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14. “Spend more time with patients and take more care
forming a therapeutic alliance.”
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Source: http://programinplacebostudies.org/wp-content/
uploads/2011/10/2013-lessons-learned2.pdf
15. “The more care people got –
even if it was fake – the better
they tended to fare.”
Source: http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/the-placebo-phenomenon Image designed by Luis Prado from the Noun Project
19. “The identification of a patient’s problem along
with an upbeat prognosis can be enough to
prompt a Placebo Effect.”
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Source: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/04/
when-a-placebo-might-be-the-best-drug/index.htm
20. There are limits, or at least we think there are…
“It’s unreasonable to think a placebo treatment will shrink a
tumor, but we know it can relieve nausea and pain.”
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Source: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/04/
when-a-placebo-might-be-the-best-drug/index.htm