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You don't get a worldwide reputation by giving placebos. It's not a placebo. Also, as you said, it's unethical.Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
Yes, pills and coffee: Not IV.
It's been known for decades that coffee helps with headaches. That isn't anything new.
What I'm saying is that this "Caffeine Drip" sounds like a placebo to me.
It really isn't ethical, but I've been in situations as a nurse where we have given patient's placebos IE: normal saline and told them it was morphine, when we felt the person was drug seeking. With the exception of a few people, the normal saline had a wonderous effect on their level of pain.
I'm not saying that anyone here is drug seeking!!! I'm just using the above example to show how a placebo can be given to someone and have very real positive results.
The fact that the pharmacist took the nurse aside and told her loud enough for you to hear that they are going to do something different and rare and unique or whatever the wording was, makes me believe that what was given was probably a normal saline bag with a label on it, nothing more.