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Psychosomatic Medicine 34:290-294 (1972)
© 1972 American Psychosomatic Society

The Effect of a Placebo on the Perception of Painful Radiant Heat Stimuli

BEN W. FEATHER MD, PhD1, C. RICHARD CHAPMAN PhD1, and STEVEN B. FISHER BA1

1 Department of Psychiatry Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Address for reprint requests: Dr. Richard Chapman, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, Mail Stop RC-40, Seattle, Wash 98105.

Sensitivity to painful thermal stimuli and willingness to report pain were studied in two experimental sessions. No treatment was given during the first session, but on the second session a placebo was administered as a potent, fast-acting analgesic. The placebo failed to affect sensitivity to thermal stimulation, but significant decreases in willingness to report pain were observed. A side effects questionnaire showed that a significant number of side effects were reported by subjects on the placebo session.

Submitted on April 26, 1971
Revised on August 23, 1971




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