by Uwe Heiss | Jun 30, 2017 | Honest Placebo Pills |
I am very happy to read that Ted Kaptchuk’s team at the Harvard is going to replicate and expand their 2010 study on Open Label Placebo for IBS. Their innovative study design is also applicable for other conditions, such as lower back pain. I am sharing the...
by Uwe Heiss | Nov 4, 2016 | Back Pain, Honest Placebo Pills |
Very happy to see this recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Pain. 83 patients with chronic back pain were randomly assigned to one to two groups. They either received treatment as usual (TAU) or treatment as usual plus an open-label placebo (OPL). The...
by Uwe Heiss | Apr 12, 2016 | Honest Placebo Pills, Placebo Study |
What a nice surprise to see Zeebo in the opening shot of CBS 11pm report on ‘Prescription Placebo”. Here is the start of their report. Get the full coverage and video on their website. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– Could knowing you’re taking a fake pill make you...
by Uwe Heiss | Feb 3, 2016 | Honest Placebo Pills |
When used in an ethical and safe way, placebos are a great tool to help with symptom relief. Here is the section from my book on that. Btw, if you would like to read this blog as an ebook, including all future posts, then have a look at “The Placebo Cure”...
by Uwe Heiss | Dec 14, 2015 | Honest Placebo Pills |
Focus matters. The potential for a placebo response varies widely depending on the medical condition placebo administration is applied to. It appears that conditions involving bothersome (non-life threatening) symptoms such as mild depression, mild anxiety, chronic...
by Uwe Heiss | Nov 19, 2015 | Honest Placebo Pills, Placebo Effect |
Doctors trust placebos while facing a dilemma. It appears that physicians intuitively know that placebos work. At least they act in a way that is consistent with this belief. A national survey of medical internists and rheumatology specialists in the US (Tilburt,...
