Use of placebos to achieve a placebo effect in integrative medicine has been criticized as, "...diverting research time, money, and other resources from more fruitful lines of investigation in order to pursue a theory that has no basis in biology."
Brug af placebobehandlinger til at opnå en placeboeffekt i integreret medicin er blevet kritiseret for at "...aflede forskningstid, penge og andre resourcer fra mere frugtbare undersøgelser for at forfølge en teori der ikke har basis inden for biologien."