Placebo effect

What do you think about placebo effect?

I think that, although the placebo effect is very real, the act of knowingly administering placebos to patients has been considered unethical for quite some time already.

I think the mind is a powerful force. I think that in certain circumstances it might be useful.

There was a time in my career where we lied to patients. It was accepted and routine. I remember that we kept saline tubex's in the fridge so they would "sting like Demerol"...we called it Nor-Sol....and it worked for some patients. We also gave shots of liquor for a night cap...and we had far fewer detox issues.

The Benefits of Naps and Sleep Rooms for Night-Shift Nurses - NurseTogether

"What do you think about placebo effect? Do you think this helps patients? Personally, I disagree with the placebo effects..."

OP, it's not clear to me what you're asking when you refer to "placebo effects". Are you saying you disagree with the idea of giving placebos to clients, or are you saying that you do not agree that individual's beliefs about treatments they are receiving can affect their experience of that treatment?

Administration of placebos has been considering unethical with medicine for many years, outside of a situation in which the client has been fully informed and agreed to the plan. Pretty much everyone in healthcare is in agreement about that.

As to whether or not there is such a thing as a placebo effect, there have been many studies done that have found it to be a powerful force in many aspects of health care. It is particularly powerful in the case of mild to moderate depression, which is one of the reasons it is so hard to find statistically significant results in double-blind studies of new antidepressants; many people report that their depression is relieved when they are taking placebos which they know may be antidepressant medication. There have been similar studies done with pain; many people report that their pain is relieved, at least somewhat, by a placebo in a study in which they don't know whether they're taking the real medication or a placebo (there are also interesting studies in which people report their pain is much improved by a placebo they are told is an expensive medication vs. a placebo which they are told is an inexpensive medication, but that's a whole different conversation). My father, an anesthesiologist, told me back when I was in nursing school to never give a pain medication without telling the person that the medication was really going to help her/him. I've done that throughout my career, and also do it with any other kind of prn medication -- for sleep, anxiety, nausea, etc.

Good article, but I'm not sure what it has to do with the topic?

Too many windows open...wrong thread......now where is the sleeping thread....LOL