Question

What is a placebo? Make an example for the placebo and placebo effect. Explain.

Answer 1

A placebo is anything that seems to a real medical treatment but it isn't. It is a substance or treatment with no active therapeutic effect but deceives the patient into thinking that there is some real medical treatment.

A placebo effect is a beneficial effect produced by a placebo treatment, which can’t be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, rather it is due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

A placebo effect has been proven to be useful in many cases where the issue is psychological rather than physical and it has prevented individuals from taking in medications which would hinder their health and produce side effects. A placebo effect is the phenomena that occurs when a person believes in a drug or treatment to alleviate his other symptoms when the improvement in the condition may not be attributable to the drug itself. It used when certain issues as psychological, such as injecting sterile vater or vitamin when a patient complains of pain, stating that it is a pain medication, that can psychologically reduce pain in many patients. It prevents the side effects , tolerance and dependence on various medications.