Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success

In response to Adrian A Pierry (comment 1), although it sounds enticing, the use of placebos outside of trials is an ethical minefield, and not all placebos are as harmless as red sugar tablets. Here discusses these issues well. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/answering-our-critics-part-2-of-2-wh...