Placebo Treatments Can Ease Pain

Is it time to reconsider acetaminophen for back pain?
Is it time to reconsider acetaminophen for back pain?
Patients still find pain relief in treatments they know will provide no medical value whatsoever, a new study revealed.

New research finds that the placebo effect still works even if research participants know the treatment they are receiving to ease pain has no medical value whatsoever. In the study, University of Colorado, Boulder (CU) graduate student Scott Schafer sought to advance knowledge about how and when the placebo effect works — or doesn’t.

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