CellWell record HH-5127
Nonspecific medication side effects and the nocebo phenomenon
Barsky AJ, Saintfort R, Rogers MP, Borus JF.
JAMA ยท 2002
In plain language
This classic review found that a large share of the side effects patients report from active medications are not explained by the drug's known pharmacology, and proposed the nocebo effect -- negative expectation -- as a major contributor. It's the paper that brought nocebo effects into mainstream clinical medicine's attention.
- Evidence
- Established
- Design
- Systematic review
- Studied in
- Human
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