Even a psychological silver lining has it's cloud; the free lunch of the placebo effect seems to be unfortunately mirrored in the fraudulent lunch cheque of the 'nocebo' whereby for example knowledge of possible side-effects might increase their occurrance. But what is the alternative, keeping patients in ignorance? http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/13/nocebo-pain-wellcome-trust-prize
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