I'm Looking for a Placebo Pill for treatment of pain.

January 27, 2019 | Lee Martell

[Bommer]

Yeah the pain ends and the agony begins!

[Truthoverpower]

Aspirin
Acetyl salicilic acid

[logi_cal869]

I recommend an apple.

Same effect, more enjoyable. Kudos for trying to reduce the pills.

Advice: Learn about gut health and experience real pain elimination (if you’re lucky enough with your condition).

[trebb]

Really slow dissolving cats-eye marble - only need one as it can be dried and washed off for multiple uses....just don’t try chewing in search of the chewy center.

[The Westerner]

One of my sibs is a specialist and taught me a simple routine to use during exams. Worked great, not placebo but a relaxation method. Please update us on what worked for you!

[ConservativeMind]

CottonBall mentioned another one I forgot to add:

NAC:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27075430/

[CottonBall]

I’m having trouble with dry eyes, and just ordered some MSM. I thought of you - it is in a capsule form, white powder.

Don’t know the unintended side effects of any of these things, though.

[Osage Orange]

Is this just a post about nothing................

[ConservativeMind]

I take every one of the items I have posted, but I only occasionally take NAC.

It smells like sulfur and I don’t recall longer-term studies with it. The other items are generally more commonly used on a much more frequent basis.

[lee martell]

In a manner of speaking, yes!

[Osage Orange]

Excellent..!!

[GOPJ]

Good idea.

I take half a baby aspirin... First, it’s easy to believe it might actually work (helps with the placebo effect) and second it helps with falling asleep. Check with your doctor - some people don’t tolerate aspirin that well, but it works for me.

[lee martell]

Thanks for the idea.
I like that it’s small, plain, white and tasteless.
I don’t want it too sweet, or I will be reminded that I’m only eating candy.