I don’t think a placebo works if you know its a placebo.
Blue M&M. Always works.
What causes it and where is the pain?
If you can knowingly take a placebo - and it “works” - then you need to question your need for pain meds to begin with.
Of course - even if you didn’t know you were taking a placebo - if you then found out you had similar results to taking real pain meds - what does that say?
I don’t think placebo pills will work if you know they are placebos. That is the whole point a placebo.
My bad—it’s only in your foot and it “just happens” now.
How long ago were the operations?
oxycontin is the best placebo for pain that i know of
I know you're only being tongue in cheek....
If any Alch aka beer wine, quit and B50 and 200 mg alpha lypoic daily, better than a placebo and good for Peripheral Neuropathy and call me in the morning
magnesium malate. It’s a twofer too. You’ll think it’s a placebo but it will eliminate your body pain.
Generic Viagra.
You cannot do a placebo on yourself. The whole thing with a placebo is that you have to “believe” that the medication is real.
Seems to me any vitamin pill would work. Or a mineral: Small-dose calcium, say.
You might want to find one which is the same size/shape as your regular pain pills.
I have found this works with my anti-inflammatories, in a pinch.
Not a placebo - it can have a real effect on pain - Curcumin (tumeric). Check with your doctor, however, as it may interact and boost the effects of certain prescription medications (some blood pressure compounds, among others, as I recall). Some folks also recommend combining it with ginger - I don’t know if there is any medical literature on that.
Good luck.
No, what you read was one POSSIBLE side effect......
Another possible side effect is an erection lasting more than four hours. If that should happen then call your girlfriends immediately, not your doctor.......
I was surprised to see there are actually placebo pills on Amazon.
Google “Zeebo placebo pills” and see if you are interested.
I also have neuropathy - it sucks. B Vit complex seems to help mine.
Be careful. My friend OD’d on placebos.
Has your blood sugar been checked lately? Diabetics and those whose levels tend to run higher can have similar symptoms.
I have been on “painkillers” for nearly 30 years now (compliments of the drunk driver that nearly killed me back then-plus the two failed spinal surgeries he caused)-none of which now do me any good at all. Am now looking into CBD oil. Hearing a lot of claims about it-some are too good to believe. If I decide to try it and it happens to work I’ll let you know.
Good luck with your search and I hope you find relief.
Don’t placebo it. Fix it.
Benfotiamine:
https://www.verywellhealth.com/benfotiamine-89417
Alpha Lipoic Acid:
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/supplement-guide-alpha-lipoic-acid
L-Carnitine:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430690/
Nicotinamide Riboside:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28346814/
CoQ10 or (better) Ubiquinol:
https://www.invitehealth.com/coenzyme-q10-helps-diabetic-nerve-pain/radio/2012/09/
PQQ:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23063836/
Misc. deficiencies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199287/
There are more, but get started with these potentially curative options.
Since you didn’t have the pain and now you do and don’t know why, it would seem a “nutritional” issue.