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What is a nocebo?

What is a nocebo? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pharmacology, also attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]
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These are not the same as nocebo effects, which are the responses to a substance believed by the subject to be able to cause harm.
This may be the underlying mechanism of placebo and nocebo effects of medications and other therapies.
Benedetti's work on blocking cholecystokinin could pave the way for techniques that remove nocebo outcomes from medical procedures, as well as hinting at more general treatments for both pain and anxiety.
In an article recently published in the journal Deutsche Ärzteblatt International, we and our colleague Ernil Hansen reviewed 31 studies, conducted by us and other researchers, that demonstrated the nocebo effect.
Many people, including health professionals, are less familiar with the nocebo response.
The placebo and nocebo effects are widely chronicled in psychology texts and studies.

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