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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10367099

Treatment with placebo is frequently effective and cannot therefore be considered as "non-treatment". Placebo effects can only be quantified by direct comparison with "non-treatment". Like active treatment, treatment with placebo is frequently accompanied by adverse drug reactions. Placebo adverse effects are often disease- and active treatment-specific. The effects and adverse effects of a placebo need to be known before the effects of active treatment in controlled clinical trials can be assessed. The mechanisms of placebo effects are many and varied (e.g. endorphin release, conditioning).

ecco, per esempio.
il placebo è qualcosa di ancora non ben compreso.
La truffa sta nel farti pagare l'acqua quanto l'aspirina.