Almost everyone has heard about the Placebo effect, but do you
know how it works and why is it getting more effective in relation to real
drugs? This video will answer these questions and provide you with interesting
facts of that phenomenon.
Questions
1. Have you ever experienced placebo effect?
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
1. Have you ever experienced placebo effect?
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
Comments
Drugs work as they worked. The other thing is I just don't use them.
It's a tricky question. If there are no drugs to cure someone and it might help, then why not. On the other hand the patient should be aware of all that's going on and placebo means a lying. As far as I know the general principle says not to hurt, so as far as they stick to that I wouldn't mind.
Drugs work the same as in the past. Our organism gets used to it and as the resulting effect, the effectiveness of them is worse. I might be wrong...
I have no problem with curing people with placebo drugs, as long as patients don't have to pay for them.
I didn't take any drugs, pills or cure for almost 3 years from now so I must say my health is in good conditcion and it was worse in the past. I don't know why it is like that but I guess it has something to do with our mood and hapiness
I think every patient should have awarness of what is going no matter if it is in a hospital or at work or somewhere else because it's our life and we should determine what we want to do.
I didn't notice anything like that.
In my opinion it could include this effect without patient knowledge, because as far as something helps, then it shouldn't matter what really did the job - our brain or some specific drugs' ingredients.
2. No, I think that their composition does not change, and my body does not have time to get used to not perceive their action.
3. Perhaps, I believe that with some diagnoses, in which the cause is often psychological, you need to be treated with the same method.
I havent experience any efectivness loses when it comes to drugs. I usually use the same ones when I get sick cause I know they helped me before nad I guess they will cure me again. Maybe thats placebo effect though?
I think if doctor believe that this type of fake treatment will work why shouldnt we give it a go? As long as it doesnt hurt anyone and do not have bad impact on someones health - I wont mind.
But the answer is still there, and it lies in the simple: here the authority of the doctor plays an important role, the appearance of the tablet itself (its color and shape) also plays a decisive role. In addition to taking drugs, such a positive effect can be the performance of certain exercises that do not give a direct, beneficial effect
I think the drugs are just as effective as they used to be. More tiring is that it is very much the same drugs, differing only in name.
I think that if the placebo treatment is effective, you can use it, but only in the case of not very serious diseases. The placebo effect may not work for everyone and not every illness can be eliminated in this way. In addition, the patient must believe in the action of the drug. I personally check the effects of the drug I take. In that case, someone would have to replace my tablets with other ones, and that's beyond the tiny lie.
Drugs are drugs, can't say anything about it, really. Although, I don't take many of them on the daily basis.
Maybe in such cases like hypochondria or other psychological dysfunctions you can make a use of placebo, but I don't think that it is wise to use it in regular medicine. The stakes are often to high to try your chances.
Actually I try to not use drugs at all but there are situations when there is no choice. Taking in consideration all my experience not using drugs when you fill ill is bad idea. I had lots of situations when I should have been taking drugs in order to treat myself but because of my self confidence(or whatever it is) I haven’t. In the consequence every single time the situation became only worse. Coming back to your question, I’ve experienced worse effectiveness of NOT using drugs.
Yes, I think healthcare should include placebo treatment but patient’s relatives should be informed about it. If there is no choice such kind of treatment may give a result, at least I hope so. Anyways, it’s better than nothing.
2. It depends on what drugs to buy. Fortunately, I use them only when absolutely necessary, so I cannot compare their effectiveness very good, but I can say that drugs always help me.
3. More likely no than yes. Since this may not help in all situations. For example, if time is important, you should not spend it on a placebo, but immediately resort to the usual methods of treatment or it can lead even to death.
Each time I feel sick, I just do not think about it. It usually goes away after a few hours.
2. I have never thought about drugs in a way that they healed everything once you swallow them. So I have no comments.
3. Yes. Yes, I do.
Just remember any situations where friends need for your kind words. It is the same principle with patients, they want to hear what will help them and believe in words that a doctor says about their disease.
I haven't noticed worse effectiveness of drugs on myself, but maybe I am not so perceptive to spot that.
I think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge because it is much cheaper and sometimes it can be as efficient as normal treatment.
Personally, I am rarely use any drugs, so it is hard for me to see that they are less effective. However I have heard that human body can get used to drugs, so that stronger drugs are need for the affect, especially painkillers. Therefore I think that problem of giving placebo or not is complicated. It can help people to minimize the usage of real drugs which keeps their effectiveness, but on the other hand, sometimes real drug is needed and without it, patient health cannot improve.
No, pills are such effective as in the past. Maybe it because of I don’t use drugs regularly, only when I’m ill (one time at 3-4 month).
I think it’s wrong to give patient placebo pills without they knowledge of it.
Concerning drug effectiveness - tough question. Personally, I rarely get sick, but when something happens ( some serious thing ) - I consume any drugs and pills I see and they work - I'm kind of alive. Overall , during this rare time of sickness , I don't see decline in efficiency of medications.
I think, that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge, but if it is safe and can improve condition of a patient.
No, I don't experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past but it's probably because I'm sick very rarely and it's hard to me to spot the difference.
Everything that can help people without causing any harm should be included to the treatment so yes- I have no problem with beeing treated with placebo.
When it comes to worse effectiveness yes i have used one particular anti-allergy drug that seemed to stop working as it should, i had to switch to another one due to that issue.
If the placebo treatment is done ONLY and SOLELY for patient's good yes. We re talking about helping him to get better if placebo is needed for ex patient who feels like he needs pills to get better give him placebo pills so he does not ruin treatment, on the other hand if i learned that i was getting placebo and i was paying for it like for normal drug that would be a shit show.
2. Yes, my favorite drug for allergy does not work so good as it used to be. But I think the reason why such things happen is that I take this drug for too many years.
3. Of course, I should know if I get a real drug or just a sugar pill. If there is no way that I can survive I would like to know that rather than have a false hope that everything will be fine.
As for the effectiveness of drugs, I've personally never experienced a decrease, though I know a few people who supposedly have this issue.
I do not think that doctors should do placebo treatment without the patient's knowledge, as it would effectively be equivalent to lying to the patients. Doctor-patient trust is very important, and this would definitely damage it.
It seems to me that each of us came across this without knowing it.
Indeed, in many clinics in the world they practice such methods of treatment, but it seems to me that it depends on what kind of disease needs to be cured. Because in fact there are diseases where the placebo effect will not be enough, and in this case, the doctors take a lot of responsibility. But if we touch upon the struggle with the primary symptoms of the disease and various mental disorders, I think this will be useful.
I do not experience any worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past. Because I just don’t take any drugs without a serious reason. The last time I swallowed any pill was some years ago.
No, because that could lead to misinforming other doctors.
2. I don't think so, when I was younger I just used to take smaller doses of painkillers etc. cause of my weight. Now when I'm taking painkiller it works as it should. But as I earlier said, I don't take them so often, maybe once a year.
3. I think that healthcare SHOULD NOT include placebo treatment. Even if it works as guy in the video said it is lying to pacient which is paying big ammounts of money to healthcare. So.. when we finally got to the doctor after 3 years of waiting through NFZ it's good to take REAL pills instead of placebo ones. For some reason REAL pills have some medical and chemical stuff in it. The reason is: they can cure you. Plecebo is not curing you. It makes you think that you are cured. That's the difference.
2) rather not, because i don't use a lot of drugs, only when i' have headache or when i'm sick.
3) i think, that placebo treatment without patient knowledge is more effective, than when we know that is only placebo effect, but on the other hand the patients should know what kind of pills the doctor gives them.
The pharmaceutical market is still growing.
Nowadays, we have more and more medication advertisements. But in my case it’s not important if the pill is blue or white, I take it only when I need it and it always does its job.
A lot of people are still afraid of the doctors. In Poland preventative examinations are still unfortunately unpopular. I consider that healthcare which include placebo treatment without patient knowledge will be more repellent than encouraging. Many people will give up medical help.
I don’t get sick a lot and I don’t need a lot of medicines. From time to time, I take vitamins, including cod-liver oil that are made of shark oil and have medical properties, so there is no placebo here. The influence of painkillers has always helped me, nothing has changed in this topic and their effectiveness.
If the Placebo effect would be as effective as normal treatment, then I would be in favor of introducing it. However, if we are to rely on the fact that it will solve itself without the patient's knowledge, I am completely opposed, because instead of helping, we can harm patient.
I don’t think that effectiveness of drugs is worse now. I use the same aspirin for a long time and it’s still work for me. Maybe our bodies getting used to the medicines that we use often, but I can’t feel it on myself.
I think that placebo treatment could be used. Success of treatment very often depends not only on medicines that we take, but on our mood and attitude too. Anyway, if it’s works it’s good, and the effectiveness of placebo effect was already proven.
An opinion that the placebo effect can cure you is a placebo effect. Please don't leave in the middle age and go to the doctors and use real medicine when you have a disease.
2. Yes
3. It seems to me that it would give some scope to pops, especially if the patient experiences a placebo effect and thinks that something is hurting him although he has no evidence. I remember that there was such an episode of dr. house where the patient got a placebo and said how great it works and wants it more. But if something really hurt me and I would get a medicine that dosen't helps me? For sure I don't like something like that, a long-lasting place should be somehow regulated if it is to be useful.
Of course, I don't like to take drugs for everything. I'm taking drugs only when it's require. It's not dietary supplement. I think that effectiveness is the same. For example, I have the same drugs for headache as in the past.
Last question is not easy. Placebo is healthier way to recover but I think that patient should be aware of everything in common with his life. It's not a good place to play.
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
1. I can't really remember any situation.
2. Nope, also can't really recal any moment.
3. Ah, there is never clear response to question like this one. It all depends on what problem we got. It would be manipulating and you can't do that especially if someone is really sick. Patient almost always should know what is going on. I think it should be only used on people that mental health is clearly damaged and they can't think rational.
I try not to take medicaments even i feel really bad.
I think that is a great idea, the only thing is that the treatment process should be under restrict control of doctors.
If they prescribe some placebo pills instead of normal medicaments, then patient should have medical appointment every single week in order to check if it brought expected effect.
We never know if placebo worked, because if we'll know, it can ruin the magic. But I think that our brain have amazing control on our body, and if really want to not be sick for example, you'll not, unless you swim in ice water for an hour.
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
Sometimes, but I never thought about it this way.
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
I think so, because as I mentioned above our brain can do amazing things with our body.
It’s actually a very interesting topic. It is scientifically proved that placebo does work. Somehow your brain invokes these psychological, biological and chemobiological processes in your body which lead to your rehabilitation. Nevertheless, I would not include placebo to the list of treatments. I believe that it’s just like hypnosis, really depends on patient. There are people who can easily convince themselves that this methods actually work, while there are also people who just not so easily believe in things. Even if they don’t know that pills given to them are not real, and doctors assure such patients about effectiveness of them, still they may just not be convinced enough. So I think the best solution is just to use it as a last resort rather than a first choice.
I have never taken any serious medicaments and I have never taken placebo instead of medicaments so I can say that I have never experienced placebo effect.
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
I don't think so. I don't take much drugs. Sometimes I take analgesics whe I have headache or hangover and that's it so I didn't noticed any differents to compare past and now.
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
If I had a cancer or something like that I would have rather get real medicaments than placebo.
Yes, it happens, not that often, but it happens. It's weird feeling for me, everything happens in some kind of order, and you know what is going to happen next, or have that "I've seen this before" feeling.
2. Do you experience worse effectiveness of drugs than in the past?
No, mainly because I try to avoid taking drugs, when it is not necessary.
3. Do you think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge?
I don't think that the placebo effect should be the topic of medical treatment. Of course, it would be good to learn why it happens, but I think that nowadays we have a lot of more serious issues to handle
I don’t think so. It works now as it worked in the past, at least I think it’s like this, but I can’t remember any special moment.
Nope. I think that patients should know what is going on and what kind of drugs he/she is going to take.
I practically doesn't use drugs, so it's hard for me to say anything about it
I don't know, it's hard for me to relate to it, but I don'ythink so. There are definitely pros and cons.
Also, I don't know way but Im pretty sure that about 50% of all frags sold in the stores lie Lidl or Zabka has no effect at all. Personally me, I try to use drugs in case if I feel really bad. In my opinion it is good idea to include the placebo as a treatment. Just because it works !
Concerning your other question, I do not believe that patients should be treated in such a way – it might break our trust in doctors, and we could doubt our treatment is fake in case of sickness – would it be possible then to experience anti-placebo effect? I mean, could a treatment not work becouse we would believe it is fake?
Actually, I don’t use a lot of drugs and didn’t use it before. Activated charcoal works in the same way :)
It is a little bit difficult to answer the third question. From one side, it's unfair to deceive the patients, but from the other side, there are situations, where it will be better to use the placebo effect. I think that healthcare should include placebo treatment without patient knowledge, but only according to rules when it could be used and when not
I don't really know because I use drugs uncommonly but in my opinion it's conneted with people' attitude.
To my mind doctors shouldn't use placebo on their patients without their knowledge because as I said before some diseases needs to be treated by specific compounds in medicines. Not giving the right medicine may harm the patient.