“安慰剂效应”并非源自不明真相

• 作 者: 高凌云
• 出 处: 现代物理知识
• 发表日期: 2011年01期
• 关键词: 安慰剂效应 哈佛医学院 波士顿市 止痛剂 查克 临床研究者 维生素 愈合作用 肠易激综合征 irritable

面对饱受绝症折磨的患者,医生经常会给他们开出安慰剂(其实就是糖片或维生素,有时也包括止痛剂),然而患者服后都会感到有所好转,这被称为“安慰剂效应”。多数科学家认为原因在于患者不明真相,不过美国波士顿市哈佛医学院的开普查克(Ted Kaptchuk)的最新临床实验却表明,即使知道真相,患者仍然会感觉好些。

Doctors often give them placebos (in fact, sugar tablets or vitamins, and sometimes painkillers) in the face of an incurable disease, but patients feel better when they are served, which is called “comfort” Agent effect ". Most scientists believe the reason is that the patient is unsure of the truth, but the latest clinical trial by Ted Kaptchuk at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, shows that patients still feel better when they know the truth.