The placebo effect

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The Jack Of Spades. Salute You in Your Grave Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 2263	November 11th, 2006 at 09:59pm If it works, do it! There's that whole thing with the "power of beleif" like the kind of people that are healed by holy water, but only the ones that believe. I mean I'm not even sure that that's true, but i recall hearing it somewhere. How DOES a 23 y.o get arthritus anyway?? lol lol lol poor you people! Is it true that you can get it from cracking your knuckles? If it is then i am a true contender, oh crap. anyway.. ......
dream brother Jazz Hands Age: 41 Gender: Male Posts: 320	November 11th, 2006 at 10:46pm cracking your knuckles actualy helps it thats an old wifes tale and my doctor told me that im better off cracking my knuckles and other joints because it frees teh joints up and makes them better and more mobile
The Jack Of Spades. Salute You in Your Grave Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 2263	November 15th, 2006 at 04:00am oh ok, sure thing. will keep going. but people hate it. what do they think, it like, cracks up the bone? Alright, yea this is getting spammy
dream brother Jazz Hands Age: 41 Gender: Male Posts: 320	November 15th, 2006 at 05:34am my doctor told me its an old wifes tale and that cracking it actualy helps
lana del rey. Demolition Lover Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 16030	November 15th, 2006 at 06:06am dream brother: cracking your knuckles actualy helps it thats an old wifes tale and my doctor told me that im better off cracking my knuckles and other joints because it frees teh joints up and makes them better and more mobile Not really. I have chronic Rhumatoid Arthritis and if I crack my knuckles, I'm in agony, and before i developed it I used to crack them all the time. I was on a placebo trial once. I didn't feel any differences though, when I was given the placebo.
dream brother Jazz Hands Age: 41 Gender: Male Posts: 320	November 15th, 2006 at 06:15am ok maybe it doesnt help with rhumatoid arthritis but for psoriatic arthritis which i have i need to do it to free the joints up again and be able to move them more freely
x0xdisenchantedx0x Killjoy Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 20	May 3rd, 2007 at 03:50pm I think it's pretty cool as well...how our minds can convince us. I heard that for studies..they take two groups of people. THe tell one group that they are getting placebos and they are really giving them medicine, while they tel the other group they are giving them medicine, while they are really giveing them placebos.
LifeOnStandby Motor Baby Age: 32 Gender: Male Posts: 941	May 3rd, 2007 at 04:08pm It reminds me of the movie Matchstick Men with nicholas cage. Thing is, you can get addicted to the pills and rely on them... even though they don't have real proprerties. You'll start thinking that you actually NEED the pill, which can cause stress and worsen the problem.
xxSweetxxRevengexx Killjoy Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 62	May 3rd, 2007 at 05:14pm The only thing I find wrong about it is that they're lying to the patient. Even though that's pretty much the whole thing, lying. If they knew what they were actually taking they wouldn't even think they were getting better.
Stripey-Stripes. Motor Baby Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 804	May 3rd, 2007 at 06:22pm woah? is that legal? insnt that hardcore lying shit...i mean wow i guess if its proven to work and its legal then full steam ahead but i just dont want it to happen to me so then i guess i dont agree but at the same time...crap...idk
Oxycontin Genocide. Banned Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 2955	May 4th, 2007 at 12:16am X--silverstars--X: woah? is that legal? insnt that hardcore lying shit...i mean wow i guess if its proven to work and its legal then full steam ahead but i just dont want it to happen to me so then i guess i dont agree but at the same time...crap...idk Yes. Alot of drug companies do trial runs with one half as the real drug, and the other half a placebo. If the first half gets better faster than the other group, then they know the pill works more than just ming over matter. It's also not lying - the testers sign waivers saying they know they have the possibility of getting a placebo.
SINATRA Bleeding on the Floor Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 1406	May 4th, 2007 at 10:27pm I think it's a good idea. The only thing is that I think there are some ilnesses that obviously could never be helped by the placebo effect alone.
x0xdisenchantedx0x Killjoy Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 20	May 4th, 2007 at 11:29pm yes...haha
ThinkxHappyxThoughts Joining The Black Parade Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 204	May 6th, 2007 at 12:31am If placebo works, cool. But if you're charging the same amount, don't you think it's fishy since doctors are known for digging in your pockets for the last cent?
MelancholyMisery Salute You in Your Grave Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 2304	May 22nd, 2007 at 03:54am wouldnt they just charge you less, or find some way of making it seem like youd payed, [like saying its part of the doctors bill] ? I think the placebo is a d=good way of trialing drugs but they really should do three groups: real thing, placebo & nothing.
The Hitcher Bleeding on the Floor Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 1633	May 22nd, 2007 at 01:41pm i always thought placebos were used for people who think they have an illness, but actually don't, they're just paranoid (hypachondriac i think its called?) so doctors would give it to them so they 'feel' like they're getting better?! even though they aren't ill in the first place? if u get me?! anyway, i think they're good for that reason ^ if that's what they're used for, other wise, isn't it just putting patients in uneccesary pain?
apple. Always Born a Crime Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 5372	May 22nd, 2007 at 04:17pm I know I'd be really pissed if my doctor gave me a placebo. I expect to get what the doctor is telling me I'm getting. It doesn't even matter to me which works better.
Fezzik Salute You in Your Grave Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2748	May 22nd, 2007 at 04:51pm Legally, I don't think you can be given a placebo unless you're aware that there's a chance you might (as in studies), or possibly in the case of hypochondriacs where nothing can be given anyway.
ilovegerardway2much Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 353	May 22nd, 2007 at 08:22pm i think thats illegal, and a topic that is not that important.

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