플라시보 효과란 약효가 전혀 없는 거짓약을 진짜 약으로 가장, 환자에게 복용토록 했을 때 환자의 병세가 호전되는 효과를 말한다.
'플라시보'란 말은 '마음에 들도록 한다'는 뜻의 라틴어로, 가짜약을 의미한다. 만성질환이나 심리상태에 영향을 받기 쉬운 질환에서는 이 플라시보를 투여해도 효과를 보는 경우가 있는데 이를 '플라시보 효과'라 한다.
따라서 어떤 약품을 개발했을 때 임상효과가 있는지 파악하기 위해 플라시보를 이용한 검사를 반드시 거치도록 하고 있다. 가짜 약을 투여한 군과 진짜 약을 투여한 군을 비교, 확실한 유효성이 드러나야 된다는 말이다.
Placebo - 20th century boy
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood I move like a rat, talk like a cat, sting like a bee Babe i'm gonna be your man And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah I'm your toy Your twentieth century boy
Friends says it's fine, friends says it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Fly like a plane, drive like a car, hold out your hand Babe i'm gonna be your man And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah I'm your boy Your twentieth century toy
Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Rock 'n' roll I move like a cat, talk like a rat, sting like a bee Babe i'm gonna be your man And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah I'm your toy Your twentieth century boy
Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy Twentieth century boy I wanna be your toy