Movie that understands how powerful "Placebo effect" caused by beliefs is powerful

ByTomaž Štolfa

When administered with a placebo that does not contain a medicinal ingredient in fake as a medicine, the therapeutic effect that the patient's condition recovers is called "Placebo effect"Is called. About this effect that human 's "belief" causes to the body, "The power of the placebo effect"The movie that explains it.

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In 1996 56 subjects were collected and a new analgesic test called "Trivaricaine" was done.


We use the index fingers of both hands of the subject in the examination. I paint a new analgesic "Trivaricaine" on one index finger, leave nothing on the other finger ... ...


Add stimulus to both forefingers.


After letting the subject report the subsequent course, the subjects answered that they answered, "The fingers of the painter painted less pain."


Although this seems to be on schedule, "Trivaricaine" actually used in the experiment was a counterfeit drug (placebo) which is not actually an analgesic. Of course, the ingredients used for "Trivaricaine" had no effect of relieving pain.


What then relieves the pain of the subjects is that the identity is the "Placebo effect"is.


Placebo itself has been clarified that doctors have used since the 1700's.


If you can not get the right medicine or if the patient thinks "I am sick", in order to recover those symptoms, I will misunderstand the ineffective medicine as "effective one" That's why.


In fact, the word "placebo (placebo)" in the placebo effect is the Latin word "please please", which seems to be a hint of doctor's hard work that struggles to manage someone in trouble I will.


To aim for a placebo effect, in order to convince that the medicine is genuine, it is necessary to imitate the process of genuine treatment even with treatment using placebo. So the doctor molded the sugar into a medicine form ... ...


I inject water ......


I pretended to do the operation and deceive the patient's eyes and mind.


Also, from these experiences, the doctor notices another use for deceiving patients.


It's been done since the 1950's and placebo is used as a tool to test new treatments and new drugs. For example, to evaluate the effect of a new medicine, let half of the subjects take a new medicine and the other half drink the same appearance placebo.


Researchers seemed to think that the subject would not be biased for the experimental results because the subject did not know whether he had taken the new medicine or drank a place. By comparing the effects of new drugs and placebo, the effectiveness of the medicine will be shown.


In addition, placebo may be used to compare the effect of a new drug and existing drugs, or to compare the effect with other drugs.


However, as mentioned above, placebo often affects the human body. For example, there are instances in which subjects given placebo regained symptoms of asthma and symptoms of heart disease.


In addition, the placebo effect may be confused with other factors, and a report different from actual symptoms may be sent to the doctor.


On the other hand, some researchers comment that if the patient believes fake treatment to be genuine, expectation for recovery may be a physiological trigger and the symptoms may actually be recovered.


In fact, if you use places wellEndorphinYou can also adjust blood pressure and heart rate, or relieve pain.



Plus placebo also helps to slow the progression of disease by reducing stress hormone.


Then it is not so if you have a placebo you do not need medicine.



For example, if you think that symptoms have recovered with a fake treatment, there is a possibility that it misses some medicine or the effect of treatment. Also, the positive impact of placebo often decreases over time is also a difficult point.