2006-12-30 17:35:56 · 13 answers · asked by ? 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Well first, you must get a good understanding of what a Placebo is:
pla·ce·bo /pləˈsiboʊ for 1; plɑˈtʃeɪboʊ [pluh-see-boh for 1; plah-chey-boh –noun, plural -bos, -boes. 1
. Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine.
b. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
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So a "placebo effect" is the psychosomatic effect the pill/remedy/medicine has. This effect is imagined, but seems real to the person who took it.
So it stands to reason that if the placebo were to have an imagined direct effect, any side effect would also be imagined. For the record, most placebos are sugar pills.
2006-12-30 17:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by clhseattle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the side effects of placebos would be placebos as well. I have read a lot of the inserts in meds and you would be amazed at the side effects the people who took the placebo had. It's hilarious when you think about it. They did a thing once on stage, giving people pot to smoke and they all got high. Thing was, it was not pot, it was regular tobacco, lol.
2006-12-30 17:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes they can, just as they can cause the same effects as the real medicine they are standing in for. They may or may not be "real" it depends on the case. For example, it couldnt cause real hypertension, or things purely of physiological nature, but it could cause nausea, or mental changes (psychological), solely because the participant has expectations of what they should be experinecing on the drug. They can't cause any side effects that would be a serious threat to one's health.
2006-12-30 17:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by laura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the guy being given the placebo does not be attentive to they are being given one and that they be attentive to what side consequences the drug ought to reason, then confident. the prospect of having some style of side result from the placebo itself could be incredibly small.
2016-10-06 06:03:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Placebos are fake pills. You dont get side-effects from fake pills. Its all in your head.
2006-12-30 17:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by PoisonApple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The side-effects are only real if you believe in them.
2006-12-30 17:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by salstick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
placebo side effects
2006-12-30 17:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are psycho-sematic. Meaning they are caused by your belief in the product, not the actual chemical response your body has to the product.
2006-12-30 17:37:42 · answer #8 · answered by premise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mental can affect the physical..
2006-12-30 17:37:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-30 17:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋