Study shows half of U.S. physicians prescribe placebos
Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition, October 28, 2008
A new study has revealed that about half of American physicians regularly give patients placebos as treatment, reports the Chicago Tribune.
According to a study published in the October 24, 2008 issue of BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal, many doctors do not tell their patients they are getting a placebo. Most physicians also used medicine as placebos, not sugar pills. The most common placebo drug given was painkillers, followed by vitamins, antibiotics, sedatives, and saline injections, according to the Tribune.
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