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There are two known phenomena related to this:

* "Unblinding," where participants are able to figure out whether they're taking the placebo vs. the real medication by noticing whether they experience any side effects.

* The "nocebo" effect, kind of a reverse placebo effect where participants in the control group experience false side effects because they believe they might be in the experimental group taking the real medication.



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