Question

4. What are the ethical concerns related to the use of placebo treatment for the control group?

Answer 1

Ethics is a moral set of behavior to be followed by the researcher. Experimental studies refers to intervention la study that involves in randomization of samples into experimental and control group based on sampling techniques. The samples in the experimental group receives interventions planned by the researcher and the control group will receive placebo or no research interventions.

Placebo is defined as the component that doesn't have any pharmaceutical impact. Placebo controlled trials is considered ethical unless it creates a marked harm to the patient. It is mandatory for a researcher to obtain informed consent . It is important that placebo should not be used outside the research setting.placebo control trials are the way to prove the effectiveness of other treatment.