Why try the Magic Bullet for IBS?

We at Progressive Placebo want you to have an improvement in your IBS symptoms, and we believe honest placebos can help you do that through natural healing and with no risk of short-term or long-term side effects.

60% Improvement Rate

Ted Kaptchuk, a medical doctor at Harvard Medical School wanted to know what would happen if he let his patients know they were receiving a placebo. He gathered a group of patients with moderate to severe IBS symptoms and found that 60% had "clinically meaningful" improvements to their IBS symptoms. (review the study at the link below*)

Proving that a patient can still create a placebo effect when they know they're taking an inert pill now allows patients to be able to self administer placebos.

We believe that customers suffering with IBS can see a similar improvement rate with the Magic Bullet.**

Risk Free

Honest Placebos like the Magic Bullet don't have any active ingredient so there's no risk of negative side-effects. As a matter of fact, the only ingredient in our capsules is an inert fiber which is widely used in the food industry so there's no risk of side-effects from inactive ingredients either.

Natural Healing

Because there is no active ingredient in honest placebos, the improvements to IBS symptoms have to be driven by the human body. The act of taking an honest placebo somehow engages and unlocks the body's own ability to heal and reduce symptoms naturally from the inside out. 

Important Information:

1. The placebo effect is powerful! For 100 years scientists have included a placebo group in randomized control trials and have found that a large number of patients with a wide range of symptoms have seen improvements in their symptoms and their lives. This phenomenon points to the powerful ability for our bodies to heal themselves from the inside if given the right support and taking a placebo can trigger that.
2. It has been suggested that our bodies have been conditioned to begin the healing process when we take pills, just like Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to salivate to prepare to eat when they heard a bell. This might explain how placebos can be so powerful and effective.
3. A positive attitude could help improve symptoms to a higher degree but is not necessary. In fact, one study found that people who did not believe an honest placebo would work for them had the same improvements as a group who did believe that honest placebos would work. We at Progressive Placebo believe that having a positive attitude can help many areas of our lives, but preliminary research shows that it's not a necessity to create a placebo effect when taking honest placebos.
   
4. Taking the placebo pills consistently is important. The participants of the study were encouraged to take 2 placebo pills twice daily. To increase the probability of recreating the positive results for IBS symptoms, please ensure you are taking 2 pills 2-3 times daily.

*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008733/

**Although we believe the Magic Bullet can have the same success rate as the honest placebos used in Ted Kaptchuk's study, this statement has not been reviewed by the FDA, and we can not claim that the Magic Bullet will cure any disease. The Magic Bullet is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. With personal experimentation, you will know if it works for you and your symptoms.