by Uwe Heiss | Jul 11, 2025 | Honest Placebo Pills |
I sometimes share speculative ideas on ethical placebo use that might help guide future research. In my 2014 book The Placebo Cure: And Other Mind Body Effects, I outlined research concepts related to pain symptom management, reducing the risk of post-surgical opioid...
by Uwe Heiss | Feb 17, 2025 | Honest Placebo Pills |
At Zeebo, we’re fascinated by how expectations shape experiences. A recent study published in eLife highlights something we’ve long believed: when people think a treatment is personalized for them, they experience a stronger placebo effect. The Study: Personalization...
by Uwe Heiss | Jan 15, 2025 | Honest Placebo Pills |
Beautiful coverage of Zeebo by Laura Sanders today in Science News, edition 207. Laura is comparing Zeebo Pure Honest Placebo to, what I call, placebos with side effects. And in fact, many of us may have a similar placebo, of sorts, sitting in our medicine cabinets....
by Uwe Heiss | Oct 24, 2023 | Honest Placebo Pills |
Zeebo® Placebo Tablets were launched two years ago in the US on amazon. Recently we expanded our online retail presence to Walmart. As of last week, CVS cleared its shelves of problematic decongestants, which are basically placebo with active ingredients & side...
by Uwe Heiss | Dec 1, 2021 | Honest Placebo Pills |
It’s been 7 years since the original launch of Zeebo Relief, the blue white placebo pills with the zeebo logo printed on each capsule. Zeebo Relief, the original honest placebo had an amazing ride, used in many clinical studies, we were amazed to find two...
by Uwe Heiss | Aug 24, 2018 | Honest Placebo Pills |
TIME Magazine just ran an excellent article on honest placebo. And it covers the Zeebo story with quotes from the Zeebo Effect founder Uwe Heiss. Needless to say the Zeebo team feels great about this recognition! We are working on a five year plan to establish Zeebo...
by Uwe Heiss | Jul 15, 2017 | buy placebos, buy steroids, Placebo Effect, weight loss diet |
Slate Magazine thinks so. There is some solid data support that diets work mainly because of the placebo effect. That’s great news. Design a diet that is safe. When it comes to building muscle mass, try a well designed placebo experience first before getting...
by Uwe Heiss | Jun 30, 2017 | Honest Placebo Pills |
I am very happy to read that Ted Kaptchuk’s team at the Harvard is going to replicate and expand their 2010 study on Open Label Placebo for IBS. Their innovative study design is also applicable for other conditions, such as lower back pain. I am sharing the...
by Uwe Heiss | Mar 6, 2017 | How does the Placebo Effect work?, Placebo Pills for Pets |
“It is strange enough that people can get better when given pills that do not contain any actual medicine. Even more peculiarly, the same may be true of animals”, reported BBC Earth, October 18, 2016. According to BBC, “some scientists say there is evidence that...
by Uwe Heiss | Nov 4, 2016 | Back Pain, Honest Placebo Pills |
Very happy to see this recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Pain. 83 patients with chronic back pain were randomly assigned to one to two groups. They either received treatment as usual (TAU) or treatment as usual plus an open-label placebo (OPL). The...
