Definition: A Necebo effect is said to occur when negative expectations of the patient regarding a treatment cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would have. For example, when a patient anticipates a side effect of a medication, they can experience that side effect even if the medication is actually an inert substance. The opposite of the placebo effect.
When a pharmacy gives you a prescription, it usually comes with a long list of side effects. Isn’t that counter-productive? If I do have side effects might it not be because they put that thought in my head? I’d like to believe that doctor’s hearts are in the right place and pharmacists do care and it’s not, “all about the money”. I still have faith in people, most, anyway. Maybe too much, that’s just me.
Personally, I take everything with a grain of salt, not literally, that would be stupid. I’ve tried a few things, hoping they might work and some did and some didn’t. Some with good side effects and some with minor side effects. Live and learn, or not. I learned. I hope that my books can help you in some ways. Remember these are just my thoughts and opinions from my experiences. My thought is, maybe medications work for some people with no side effects and for some only supplements work. I can work with that, can you? Nacebo, one of life’s little ironies. Why does life have to be so hard? I suppose if it was easy everyone would do it. What can I say? What should I say? Maybe it’s not my place to say. But here it is, my two cents, five with inflation.
Emile ( there, I’ve said it again ) Fougere
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