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Most UK GPs Have Prescribed Placebos

Posted by samzenpus on from the balance-the-humors dept.

Techmeology writes "In a survey of UK GPs, 97% said they'd recommended placebo treatments to their patients, with some doctors telling patients that the treatment had helped others without telling them that it was a placebo. While some doctors admitted to using a sugar pill or saline injection, some of the placebos offered had side effects such as antibiotic treatments used as placebos for viral infections."

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  1. Vial infections by rossdee · · Score: 1, Funny

    "such as antibiotic treatments used as placebos for vial infections.""

    With proper sterilization techniques, you wouldn't get infections from vials in the first place.
    (or use new vials so there's no risk of contamination - which they do in US hospitals since they charge so much they have new everything.
    I guess that might not be an option on the NHS

  2. Re:PLACEBOS by bugnuts · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is this Placeb operating system?

    Windows 8.