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by tlrobinson 3039 days ago
"placebo-like option"

How would that work? Do placebos work even if people know they're placebos? Could doctors just start prescribing a placebo called Fauxzac and it would work some of the time?

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> Do placebos work even if people know they're placebos?

Sometimes, yes! See: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-kn...

But they're probably more effective if you don't know.