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• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s actually not uncommon. People expect and manifest symptoms all the time.

  What side effects a drug would be likely to cause, the pharmacologist likely knows long before ever giving it to a human. When the human reports side effects that the drug is unlikely to cause…that human was probably a placebo.

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  • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So i can get a headache only by placebo?? Wait, can it happen in reverse? Like, i have an headache and i convince myseld that i took a cure for it

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    • affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s the placebo effect as far as I know. Side effects are the nocebo effect.

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      • RustySharp@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If I remember my biology classes correctly, placeo - “to please”, vs. noceo - “to harm”

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Placebo can work even if you’re aware it’s a placebo.

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      • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s peak, i’il def use it

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    • Hope@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, and there’s actually some interesting results from this too. Pain medicine marketed as targeting specific pains, such as headaches or toothaches, are often just generic ibuprofen or acetaminophen, but there is some evidence that the pain medicine will be more effective if you believe it is targeting your specific pain. So whenever my wife wants an Advil I always tell her that it’s a special Advil that is for whatever specific thing she complained about.

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      • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s gonna be useful

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      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Well…Excedrin stacks Aspirin and Caffeine too. I’d always thought the caffeine was because caffeine withdrawal can cause headaches.

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    • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The reverse is only possible if you are a time traveler or critically insane.

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  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s why when I saw the long list of side effects of the medication for quit smoking I never read it, I gave it to a friend and ask her if whatever was one of the possible side effects.

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