The most commonly used placebo treatments prescribed in the past year were over the counter painkillers (41%) or vitamins (38%). Some of the physicians reported using antibiotics (13%) and sedatives (13%) as placebos, only 3% reported using sugar pills.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023195216.htm
Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. Merck was in trouble. In 2002, the pharmaceutical giant was falling behind its rivals in sales. Even worse, patents on five blockbuster drugs were about to expire, which would allow cheaper generics to flood the market.
https://www.wired.com/2009/08/ff-placebo-effect/
Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe placebo treatments including active drugs such as sedatives and antibiotics, but rarely admit they are doing so to their patients, according to a study on bmj.com.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023195216.htm
Has your doctor ever prescribed Obecalp or Cebocap to calm your headache, reduce your stomach upset, or relieve your pain? If so, did it help you? In fact, Obecalp and Cebocap are placebos -- fake drugs. Obecalp is simply the word placebo spelled backwards.
https://www.verywell.com/placebo-prescriptions-when-your-doctor-fakes-you-out-3969750
Impure Placebos. 1  desire of patients to receive a prescription. 2  take advantage of placebo effects. 3  avoid conflicts with patients.  as a supplemental treatment for non-specific symptoms.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/placebo-prescriptions/
From the report, Of the respondents who reported using placebos in clinical practice, 34 percent introduced the placebos to the patient as a substance that may help and will not hurt.. Nineteen percent said, it is medication, and nine percent said, it is medicine with no specific effect..
https://www.verywell.com/placebo-prescriptions-when-your-doctor-fakes-you-out-3969750
Another interesting paper, not included in the Fässler review, was published in 2010 in the journal Family Medicine. Kerman et al reported on a survey of 412 physicians in the paper Family physicians believe the placebo effect is therapeutic but often use real drugs as placebos [PDF].
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/placebo-prescriptions/
Placebo: A sugar pill or any dummy medication or treatment. For example, in a controlled clinical trial, one group may be given a real medication while another group is given a placebo that looks just like it in order to learn if the differences observed are due to the medication or to the power of suggestion. Placebos are widely used in drug trials. Search MedTerms:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4917
Only 8% felt placebo use should be prohibited. The most common reasons for placebo use were “unjustified” demand for medication (32%) followed by the desire to calm the patient (20%) and after therapeutic options were exhausted (20%). It’s the impure placebos that concern me the most.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/placebo-prescriptions/
Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe placebo treatments including active drugs such as sedatives and antibiotics, but rarely admit they are doing so to their patients, according to a new study.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023195216.htm
what medications are placebos
Obecalp and Cebocap medications are placebos.