US doctors regularly prescribe real drugs as placebo treatments

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 today.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news144038956.html">US doctors regularly prescribe real drugs as placebo treatments</a></p> <p>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 today.</p>