It results in the same benefits as the current treatment, but has no active mechanistic effects. However, the use of this placebo would be unethical and impractical in clinical practice. This is impractical because for the expectation effect to work, the patient must be unaware that they are receiving a placebo. This then weakens trust in the doctor-patient relationship and is simply unethical to not obtain the informed consent that is necessary for this placebo to be effective in producing the expectancy effect. It also goes against the autonomy of the patient, who cannot participate in the decision-making process regarding what happens to their body. In conclusion, the reasons discussed above make this use of placebo unethical and impractical. Patients should see a doctor to be treated for illnesses and not participate in clinical trials. To further strengthen my argument for not using this placebo in clinical trials, the statistical analysis performed by Holman proved that people who were given the treat thought they actually got better. So, the doctor simply has to prescribe the therapeutic drug to the patient, where he can obtain informed consent assuring patients that this drug contains an active ingredient intended to treat the disease..