[userpic]

The Power of Suggestion and Expectation with a Migraine Drug 

agens в посте Metapractice (оригинал в ЖЖ)

The benefit of placebo effects - specifically the power of suggestion and expectation - was again shown to have merit in a recent study reported in Science Translational Medicine online.
In this study, the researchers compared the effects of an active drug (Maxalt) on migraine heaaches with the effects of placebo. "When migraine patients were told by their doctor that a pill would help ease their headaches, this advice seemed to produce results whether or not the pill was a real migraine medication or a dummy placebo," said (Dr. Andrew) Charles, professor and director of the headache research and treatment program in the department of neurology at University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Maxalt outperformed placebo for pain relief, but the added benefit of the suggestion and expectation increased the pain relief progressively under each of the following conditions: 1) being told the patient was given a placebo, 2) being told the patient was given Maxalt or a placebo and 3) being told that the patient was given the active drug, Maxalt.
"The efficacies of Maxlt labeled as placebo and placebo labeled as Maxalt were similar. The efficacy of open-label placebo was superior to that of no treatment."
Essentially, telling the patient they were taking a placebo did not take away the benefit it provided.
Compared to no-treatment at all, the placebo showed value and the researchers reported that it "...accounted for more than 50% of the drug effect."
Two take home messages:
1. What we as clinicians say to our clients/patients matters. Thus, it's important we learn to use our words effectively!
2. Our minds have innate resources that often people don't realize or know how to access and utilize. Experiential approaches such as hypnosis and mindfulness are vehicles for helping people access these hidden resources and achieve their goals. But it's not the technique that holds the key, it's making the words and suggestions align with the personal values and goals of the clients/patients we treat that has the greatest potential for growth and change.
References for this study:
Article By Mary Brophy Marcus, Health Day News Reporter http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2014/01/08/power-of-suggestion-revealed-in-study-of-migraine-drug
Original Abstract: Sci Transl Med 8 January 2014: Vol. 6, Issue 218, p. 218ra5 Sci. Transl. Med. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006175

15 комментариев

сначала старые сначала новые