Psychedelic Effects From Placebo Drugs

The placebo effect is a really interesting phenomenon. Some people given placebo drugs would experience effects similar to what real drugs would give them. This phenomenon could not be attributed to the placebo drug, because the placebo drug has no therapeutic value, and so this phenomenon might be happening because of a person’s belief that the treatment was real. But how strong can a placebo effect be? It can be so strong that it could affect your consciousness, just like what psychedelic drugs do, according to a new study from McGill University.

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Indeed, 61% of the participants in the experiment reported some effect after consuming the placebo.

“The study reinforces the power of context in psychedelic settings. With the recent re-emergence of psychedelic therapy for disorders such as depression and anxiety, clinicians may be able to leverage these contextual factors to obtain similar therapeutic experiences from lower doses, which would further improve the safety of the drugs,” said Jay Olson, a Ph.D. candidate in McGill’s Department of Psychiatry and the lead author on the research paper that was recently published in Psychopharmacology.

Of course, this kind of effect would only be possible if you set the mood right. More details on how they conducted the study over at Neuroscience News.

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Source: neatorama

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