U.S. Doctors Regularly Prescribe Real Drugs As Placebo Treatments, Study Claims »

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ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2008) — Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe " placebo treatments" including active drugs such as sedatives and antibiotics, but rarely admit they are doing so to their patients, according to a study on bmj.com.