An injection full of water/buffer or a sugary pill, that's all you need to treat a patient sometimes. Yes, we are talking about "Placebo"; a long established magic in medicine that works. Sometimes a patient needs just the mental support of a doctor or an assurance of being treated, a placebo can do wonder in such cases. It's not the unethical "magical remedy" as prohibited in codes of ethics of the medical profession, but an established evidence based "trick" to cure patients who actually do not need any medication. This video talked about the parameters of an ideal placebo, should it be an injection? or a pill?
which works better? A colored pill or a shiny one? The packaging really plays a role when you want to reassure a demanding patient. Did you ever try a placebo on your patient? If yes, in which form it was? Video Source: Posted on YouTube by Professorfunk
