Comments on: No Drugs?

By: maat45

maat45 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:35:32 +0000

True, YKNOT, but they prescribe medications, many of which carry a toxicity or severe and debillitating side-effects so if they can do that, why not a harmless placebo. At worst, nothing happens and the patient will return. At best, mind over matter and all is well. I do like your ideas of prescribing and treating physicians only I’d like to see physicians and surgeons treating the interns thus, perhaps, giving them personal experience in being on the receiving end of invasive treatments, tests, meds.

By: YKNOT

YKNOT — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:43:59 +0000

While reading your post, what screamed out at me was the word “Interns”. They do not have enough experience to weigh if a patient only warrants a placebo. Seems dangerous to me. Even a “Board Certified” physician should know better than to trust his knowledge of medicine to a patient’s knowledge of self. Hey, why don’t the Interns prescribe placebos to the physicians and vice versa and leave us “Medicine for Dummies” alone. Well, have to go and take my prescribed medicine??????

By: maat45

maat45 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:36:49 +0000

I really appreciate your comment, AnnieD…and see where you’re coming from…but supposing, knowing someone is Diabetic and having to treat for pain etc. they were given, say…something similar which would not adversely affect that and they did notice a difference…is anger still justifiable when you can get rid of what’s ailing you, get on with your life with less chemicals or invasive treatments and toxins in your system? Look at this:

http://ode1.deasil.com/doc/33/the_healing_power_of_placebos

Myself, I think the above article is really good, very promising.

You make valid points in your “argument” on the con side although I think I’d like to try the placebo…but not knowing I was…just to see how well it worked. Yet, I suppose if it didn’t I’d be off finding another doc in the belief that ‘this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing!”

By: annied

annied — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:17:18 +0000

I read with interest your article on Placebo treatment.
There will always be agruements for and against this method.
We now live in a world when time is of value to everyone, especially those people who work and are unabale to get time off to visit the Doctor in working hours.
Given a placebo and it does not work, means one has to make another trip to he his/her Doctor. When offered the ral drug, that patient may well not accept it, saying it did not work for them.
I think it is dangerous practice by Doctors to do this. It can also delay a healing process, or it can prolong unsufferable pain.
It may be of some value to Doctors who have patients visit them on a weekly basis with different aliments. THis would have to be assessed by the Doctor with great thought going into it before making a decision.
I do not visit the Doctor on a regular basis: I would be very angry if I was prescibed a placebo, only to find I had to try to see my Doctor out of working hours for a second time.
What do we know about the contents of a placebo? SUGAR maybe!
What about Diabetic?
No, give me the proper medication and allow me to get well and get on with my life.
After all, life is too short to be messing about with medication.