Placebo Analgesia

Authors

  • M. V. Francis Cherthala, Alleppey-688524, Kerala, India Author

Keywords:

Placebo, Context, Nocebo effect, Endogenous opioids, Neuronal networks

Abstract

A placebo is a dummy medical treatment that simulates a real treatment, so that the patient believes that a therapy is being administered. An inert medical treatment is administered within a context and it is the context that plays the crucial role. Different studies including clinical trials suggested placebo effects occurred to about 35% of people with recurrent head pain like migraine.

Author Biography

  • M. V. Francis, Cherthala, Alleppey-688524, Kerala, India

    Eye and Migraine Centre

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Published

2009-07-31

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Section

Continuing Medical Education

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