Comments on: My Placebo Effect http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/ Thoughts of a moderately strange (yet not harmful) primary care physician. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Rogers http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Paul Rogers Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:37:03 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-417 I find trust very important in my pediatric practice. An important part of good communication with patients ( and their parents) starts with the trust patients place with their providers. I agree we need to be wary, though. I had one young school age girl start making up symptoms so she could come in to see me! I had to make arrangements for my partner to see her for a few visits. I find trust very important in my pediatric practice. An important part of good communication with patients ( and their parents) starts with the trust patients place with their providers. I agree we need to be wary, though. I had one young school age girl start making up symptoms so she could come in to see me! I had to make arrangements for my partner to see her for a few visits.

]]> By: cathy http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-383 cathy Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:49:32 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-383 Dont you love that your patients think so highly of you? I would just take it as a really good compliment. As for antibiotics though, I remember when we were kids and mother took us to the doctor and they always gave us a shot of antibiotics, never a prescription to take orally for days. by the next day it always seemed we were much much better. Why do doc's not give these injections of antibiotics anymore? Dont you love that your patients think so highly of you? I would just take it as a really good compliment. As for antibiotics though, I remember when we were kids and mother took us to the doctor and they always gave us a shot of antibiotics, never a prescription to take orally for days. by the next day it always seemed we were much much better. Why do doc’s not give these injections of antibiotics anymore?

]]> By: Greg P http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Greg P Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:11:02 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-366 There is something of this with neurologists. We walk into the patient's room and a thoroughly delirious patient suddenly becomes coherent, pupillary asymmetry disappears, unresponsiveness gives way to an alert patient sitting up eating or clamoring for breakfast. Of course, it would be hard to be a neurologist if this happened all the time, but faith healing might be looking like an option. There is something of this with neurologists. We walk into the patient’s room and a thoroughly delirious patient suddenly becomes coherent, pupillary asymmetry disappears, unresponsiveness gives way to an alert patient sitting up eating or clamoring for breakfast.
Of course, it would be hard to be a neurologist if this happened all the time, but faith healing might be looking like an option.

]]> By: jmb http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-365 jmb Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:16:24 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-365 Perhaps his pharmacist didn't cast the right spell when dispensing the medication. Perhaps his pharmacist didn’t cast the right spell when dispensing the medication.

]]> By: laura http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-364 laura Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:55:08 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-364 you are truly a miracle worker! you are truly a miracle worker!

]]> By: enrico http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-363 enrico Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:13:35 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-363 The endorphins released as patients--particularly female ones--swoon in your presence act synergistically with the abx to radically shift the pharmacokinetics such that Tmax can be reached w/in 2h. Publish this, and you'll make a fortoonah. Certainly enough for a lifetime sandal supply. ;) The endorphins released as patients–particularly female ones–swoon in your presence act synergistically with the abx to radically shift the pharmacokinetics such that Tmax can be reached w/in 2h. Publish this, and you’ll make a fortoonah. Certainly enough for a lifetime sandal supply. ;)

]]> By: Sid Schwab http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Sid Schwab Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:57:10 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-361 Must be the sandals. Must be the sandals.

]]> By: Ileana http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Ileana Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:32:19 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-359 I think some doctors are like this... Hey, in the past, with bloodletting and all the stuff they were doing nobody would get better, right? How were doctors trusted at all? My doctor has something that I call youthful healing energy. I feel instantly better just seeing him coming through the door. I had so many appointments where I would go and talk about my complaints and end up with: and I feel so much better since yesterday when I called for an appointment. I think some doctors are like this… Hey, in the past, with bloodletting and all the stuff they were doing nobody would get better, right? How were doctors trusted at all?

My doctor has something that I call youthful healing energy. I feel instantly better just seeing him coming through the door. I had so many appointments where I would go and talk about my complaints and end up with: and I feel so much better since yesterday when I called for an appointment.

]]> By: Rob http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Rob Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:34:28 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-358 Competent? Yes. But my antibiotics do not work in 2 hours. Really, they don't. Competent? Yes. But my antibiotics do not work in 2 hours. Really, they don’t.

]]> By: Wolley http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Wolley Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:30:07 +0000 http://distractible.org/2007/10/12/my-placebo-effect/#comment-357 Dr. Rob, give it up, you are a very competent physician. I certainly am willing to put my wellfare in your hands. You should see some of the people I've had to deal with in the past. No one is perfect, and I don't expect perfection, but you are very competent. Period! Dr. Rob, give it up, you are a very competent physician.

I certainly am willing to put my wellfare in your hands.

You should see some of the people I’ve had to deal with in the past.

No one is perfect, and I don’t expect perfection, but you are very competent. Period!

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