You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what?
You ve heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what? | Health
You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what?
Fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath . and on it goes. The list of possible side effects in a medication package insert can be unsettling. So can a preoperative consultation, when the surgeon informs you of all the risks. The problem is that many patients become fixated on potential complications or adverse reactions - which then may occur for no physiological reason, but because of negative expectations. Doctors call this the nocebo effect, the reverse of the placebo effect whereby expe