[eli5:] Can a placebo instantly make someone well or are placebos always a process in which, for example, a person takes placebo pills and only overtime becomes well?

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[eli5:] Can a placebo instantly make someone well or are placebos always a process in which, for example, a person takes placebo pills and only overtime becomes well?

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A placebo has zero efficacy. Sot the premise of this question has flaws. Placebo is used not for its efficacy in studies it is used as a baseline zero to measure the efficacy of active chemicals.

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