How does the placebo effect work?

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Taking a sugar pill can sometimes lead to real improvements in health. How does believing in a treatment, even when it’s fake, trigger physical changes in our bodies?

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Most medications simply work by triggering your nervous system to release, or not release different chemicals. So the placebo effect can cause your body to release those same chemicals.

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