Placebo and nocebo effects (effects of patients’ positive and negative expectations) are powerful and pervasive in clinical practice. Neurobiologic mechanisms, information offered about treatment, prior encounters with a drug or procedure, and the therapeutic milieu can all generate these effects.
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