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A '''placebo''' is a fake [[drug]] given to [[patient]]s patients during a [[Clinical Trial|clinical trial]].

: '''Placebos''' are known to have a positive effect on many illnesses. To ensure that a new potential [[medicine]] is not just a [[placebo]] some of the [[patient]]s patients are given a [[placebo]] so the results can be compared with the potential [[medicine]]. If the results of the [[placebo]] and the potential [[medicine]] are the same, then the potential [[medicine]] had no effect.: When administering [[placebo]] that [[patient]] is unaware whether they are being given the real potential [[medicine]] or not. This is known as a [[Blind Trial]]. Most trials of potential [[medicine]]s are [[Double Blind Trial]]s which means neither the doctor giving the potential [[medicine]] nor the [[patient]] receiving it will know if they've got the real one or not.