Lying for good - a placebo effect

After people discovered a therapeutic fraudulent effect, it was immediately actively used. This is not surprising, the high cost and lack of drugs required such actions. And it all started from hopelessness. One doctor, not knowing what to appoint to the patient, had to somehow get out to ease suffering. Having prescribed vitamins to the patient, with the thought that it would not be worse, the doctor got an interesting result. The patient felt better, and the doctor called the phenomenon "placebo effect." Since that time, scientists have conducted many experiments and recognized this therapy as effective. Consider, thanks to what people get the desired result, because there is no curative property in the preparations?

The whole cunning lies in the human brain. In fact, our body is capable of more - for a long time already known regenerative and regenerative functions. Salt is that nature sometimes does not hurry to adapt, what is called evolution. The placebo effect gives an acceleration to the recovery processes, i.e. Causes self-healing. The process is as follows. The patient is prescribed a neutral medicine or vitamins. He, believing in the action of the drug, takes it and is on the mend. This is possible because of the release of endorphins, which contribute to recovery.

The application of this method has become very widespread. It is used in all fields of medicine and psychology. For example, in particularly difficult and desperate situations, when coding from bad habits and to maintain moral balance. In fact, the placebo effect is a deception for the good. Giving the patient vitamins and talking about the effectiveness of the medicine, the doctor promotes the release of endorphins. When coding a person for a long time prove the harm of a certain habit, and sometimes (to enhance the effect) give a "super-medicine", which in fact is a "dummy". The result is his faith and conviction or fear of breaking the ban.

Psychology in the majority is also built on this principle. Going to the doctor, you are already tuning in to his professionalism. Add here your medical illiteracy and his experience of manipulation, and you will get the result.

Unfortunately, there are often people who manipulate the placebo effect. This, for example, most of the sellers of bioadditives, which in fact are simple scammers. They, under the guise of highly effective drugs, sell vitamins or herbal preparations (often without permission or licenses). Also on this effect, homeopathy is based.

Suggestion, deception, sorcery - all this is a placebo effect that works great. In one city they conducted an experiment - they gave people medicine, saying about the sense of experience. Those. For previously disclosed all the cards. The result was amazing - it worked. However, scientists did not believe and began to understand. It turned out that the patient, even knowing about the placebo effect of the drug, still believes that his reception will benefit. In other words, he consciously hopes for a magical effect. And it works. In such cases, this is not considered a fraud; The desired result is achieved.

The term "placebo effect" was also popular - a lie for good. This method is so interesting and effective in practice that it is used for drug testing. In this case, the placebo effect is the standard. A group of subjects are given a pseudo-drug (dummy) and a medicine. One half, taking a neutral drug, receives a positive effect (on average). The second, which takes the medicine really, also gets a positive effect (as a rule). The bottom line is that the difference in the results of one and the other group is from 10% in favor of the drug. Then we can say that it is effective. If the effect is not achieved, then the medicine is discarded. Why use it, if the effect is the same as the offense?

To enhance the effect, often resort to some tricks. For example, the patient is told about the deficit of the drug and its high price. This additionally inspires faith in the medicine. Also make a bright and high-quality packaging. If it is a tablet, then it should have a solid look - shape, size, color. All this really works. In addition, do not forget about the constant skillful pressure from the physician. It is good, if such actions of the health worker are aimed at the benefit of the patient, but this situation can have the opposite effect and constitute "air speculation". Doctors, cheating patients, can cash in - it's already no secret. A doctor, like an auto mechanic, is a person - whom you can not check. The only thing that remains is the hope of obtaining a result. Hence the saying that, they say, do not save on health. In any case, the main thing is the result.