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Use of a placebo?
A placebo is used when testing medications. Generally, several test patients are given a medication whil others are given a placebo (non-active imposter such as a sugar pill). This allows those...
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Why do scientists use placebos?
Because some people will have psycho-symatic reactions whether the drug is real or just a sugar pill.
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When did the use of placebos begin?
Placebos were used throughout the nineteenth century in blind assessments of medical treatments. These blind assessments were created to test controversial medical treatments of the time
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How do you use placebo in a sentence?
Generally as a noun.
Example: He swallowed the placebo.
It also works as "The Placebo Effect", and also the band Placebo.
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Why might the doctors use a placebo?
Placebo is second best remedy
Placebo has therapeutic effects.
Placebo has become a bandwagon effect