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<blockquote data-quote="freehoodies" data-source="post: 4998112" data-attributes="member: 80887">Nocebo effectSomeone took a whole bottle of their experimental anti depressants and ended up in the hospital with a slew of symptoms, super low blood pressure and delirium. They had to give him 5 liters of water to keep his blood pressure from dropping so much he died.When they finally got ahold of the doctor in charge of the experimental drug treatment he told them the patient was in the placebo group. When they told the patient that he got better instantly.Lots of stories like that. Guy gets diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 3 months to live, and dies 3 months later in his sleep. Autopsy shows the tumor they initially saw was benign, the guy was perfectly healthy.Towns that had local news segments about altitude headaches had lots of doctors visits complaining about the altitude headaches they were getting.Theres no such thing as altitude headaches.But if you tell a hiking group about altitude headaches two or three will develop headaches during the hike, like clockwork.Now imagine you go to the doctors for a sick note because you called out for a regular flu, and you see the entire hospital staff freak out and get into hazmat gear and treat you like your radioactive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="freehoodies, post: 4998112, member: 80887"] Nocebo effect Someone took a whole bottle of their experimental anti depressants and ended up in the hospital with a slew of symptoms, super low blood pressure and delirium. They had to give him 5 liters of water to keep his blood pressure from dropping so much he died. When they finally got ahold of the doctor in charge of the experimental drug treatment he told them the patient was in the placebo group. When they told the patient that he got better instantly. Lots of stories like that. Guy gets diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 3 months to live, and dies 3 months later in his sleep. Autopsy shows the tumor they initially saw was benign, the guy was perfectly healthy. Towns that had local news segments about altitude headaches had lots of doctors visits complaining about the altitude headaches they were getting. Theres no such thing as altitude headaches. But if you tell a hiking group about altitude headaches two or three will develop headaches during the hike, like clockwork. Now imagine you go to the doctors for a sick note because you called out for a regular flu, and you see the entire hospital staff freak out and get into hazmat gear and treat you like your radioactive. [/QUOTE]

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