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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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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 Ă„rzteblatt International, we and our colleague Ernil Hansen reviewed 31 studies, conducted by us and other researchers, that demonstrated the nocebo effect.
One patient who fell prey to the nocebo effect had become aware of the symptoms that can arise when a person stops taking Prozac.
The placebo and nocebo effects are widely chronicled in psychology texts and studies.
Many people, including health professionals, are less familiar with the nocebo response.
In the case of the nocebo, it is negative expectations that become self-fulfilling prophecies.

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