Multiple Choice
Which of these is an example of the placebo effect?
A) Patients report better effects from colored pills than from white ones, even though they contain the exact same medicine.
B) Medication taken at the same time each day is more effective than medicine taken as needed.
C) Women have a lower tolerance for medication than men, and therefore experience more side effects.
D) Patients ask their doctors for specific drugs after they have seen them advertised on television.
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