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by cygaril 2505 days ago
Branded medicines are more effective and result in fewer reported side effects, despite being pharmacologically identical.

Many citations available, eg https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23115341/?i=2&from=/26...

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All tablets were placebos.

Isn't this basically measuring placebo effect?