The Hidden Life Saver
Why Placebo Medication Works and Why it Should be Prescribed
Some examples of placebo medication could be anything ranging from a sugar pill to a fake shot.
What is Placebo Medication?
A placebo is anything that seems like a "real medical treatment but actually it isn't. It has no active substance that can affect health but the patient might experience a difference.
What are some types of Placebos?
There are many types of Placebos and they can be in any form. They are usually found in a pill or shot. However they can also be a fake treatment, fake test and even a fake surgery. One such example is obecalp which is a cherry tasting sugar pill which has no effect on the actual user.

Work Cited:
"Treating Depression: Is There a Placebo
Effect?" CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 19 Feb. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/treating-depression-is-there-a-placebo-effect/>.
Provided information about the uses of placebos in clinical practice.
Walton, Alice G. "Is It Ethical For Doctors
To Prescribe Placebo?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 22 Mar. 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/03/22/is-it-ethical-for-doctors-to-prescribe-placebo/>.
Provided information about the pros and cons of prescribing placebos.

Introduction to Placebo Medication:
Why Should You Let Someone take Placebo Medication? * Mind over matter. The body has powerful, natural recuperative abilities and a placebo could help facilitate this. * Acts as a psychological boost, that a person's positive attitude may be important in recovery from illness. * The placebo effect may be a measurement of changed behavior affected by a belief in the treatment. * Placebos actually work, successful treatments are in one third of all patients treated with placebos * Many studies have been shown that placebos have an effect on depression, pain, sleep suborders, irritable bowel syndrome and even menopause.

Why Placebos Are NOT Unethical * When the doctor prescribes the placebo he/she isn’t trying to do harm. Instead the doctors trying to help the patient with all they can. * If patients knew about the placebo pill, no results would occur and it would ruin the whole point of the “fake” medication * If the patient receives a nocebo effect (where the patient think they receive got a bad side affect but really didn't) it is all how the patients themselves decide whether or not the drug works or not.

What One Expert Say About Placebos

“Patients who came to me got better, sometimes their relief began even before he’d started his treatments.”
-Ted Kaptchuck (Professor at Harvard University) who recently did tests on placebos on many patients.

For More Information About This Harvard Professors Visit: http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/the-placebo-phenomenon For More Information About The Pros and Cons Of Placebo Medication Visit:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/medication/pros-and-cons-of-placebos.htm