[MindBender26]

But they work better than placebos in only 14% of cases. In other words, 86% got better because they thought pills were working!

86% percent got better on sugar pills!

[aruanan]

But they work better than placebos in only 14% of cases. In other words, 86% got better because they thought pills were working!

86% percent got better on sugar pills!

You're making an error. If 86% taking a drug experience effects not significantly different from that of a placebo, it doesn't mean that what they experienced was caused by the placebo effect, just that it wasn't significantly different from that. Most drugs have a wide range of effectiveness given a sufficiently large population.