The Nocebo Response: Are You Making Your Patients Worse Without Meaning To?

The Integrative Palliative Podcast

Have you said any of these things to your patients?
"Unfortunately,..."
"Your MRI is one of the worst I've even seen."
"Your knee is bone on bone"
If so, you may have elicited the nocebo response.
The nocebo response is the opposite of the placebo response and it can increase your patients' pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety and more.
Words are powerful. They can make your patients better or worse, so choosing your words carefully when you counsel your patients is important.
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Dr. C
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References:
Pfingsten et al, Pain Med, 2001,
Hauser et al, Etsch Arztebk Int 2012

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