They say the human mind is completely powerful, and capable of incredible feats. Positive self talk is often the difference between success and failure. Of course, negative self talk can cause depression, people to lose their friends, and even open the immune system for disease. Now then, often when a new drug or pharmaceutical product is being tested they give the product to various patients with similar ailments, and stages in a particular disease. These patients agree to this, knowing that they may not get the actual drug, they may only get a placebo.
Indeed, this is the best way to test new drugs, using a double-blind study. However, I have a question to ask, and that is the one about the power of the human mind. If people believe that they got the actual drug, even if they didn't, they are more likely to be cured, just because of their belief system, and this is known to science. However, I ask if the opposite is also true. That is to say what if someone was in the double-blind study for the research of a new pharmaceutical drug, but that individual honestly believed that he had gotten the placebo, and not the actual drug.
Would this hinder his body to interact with the drug, meaning he might go uncured even if the drug had been administered, and it was a decent drug for that type of disease or ailment? Now then, I don't see why the same wouldn't be true for the opposite. You see, the patient's mindset and positive or negative self talk could render the results positive or negative, with or without the actual drug. If we divide this up into four quadrants, and take into consideration the psychological displacement and attitude of each patient we might be able to test these drugs better. Are you beginning to understand what I'm getting at?
Yes, there have been folks who have posed this question before, as a matter fact in writing this article I did go and look up on Google scholar to see if someone had done psychological studies on this. Some of the studies were inconclusive, and within the margin of error, others believe that it could be as much as a 5 to 15% chance, but really who is to say? After all, every individual's mindset is different, and their psychological makeup and the power of their self talk either interacts with their entire human biosystem, or it doesn't, and each person to a different degree would be my suspected conclusion here. Indeed I'd like you to please consider all this and just think about it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
Indeed, this is the best way to test new drugs, using a double-blind study. However, I have a question to ask, and that is the one about the power of the human mind. If people believe that they got the actual drug, even if they didn't, they are more likely to be cured, just because of their belief system, and this is known to science. However, I ask if the opposite is also true. That is to say what if someone was in the double-blind study for the research of a new pharmaceutical drug, but that individual honestly believed that he had gotten the placebo, and not the actual drug.
Would this hinder his body to interact with the drug, meaning he might go uncured even if the drug had been administered, and it was a decent drug for that type of disease or ailment? Now then, I don't see why the same wouldn't be true for the opposite. You see, the patient's mindset and positive or negative self talk could render the results positive or negative, with or without the actual drug. If we divide this up into four quadrants, and take into consideration the psychological displacement and attitude of each patient we might be able to test these drugs better. Are you beginning to understand what I'm getting at?
Yes, there have been folks who have posed this question before, as a matter fact in writing this article I did go and look up on Google scholar to see if someone had done psychological studies on this. Some of the studies were inconclusive, and within the margin of error, others believe that it could be as much as a 5 to 15% chance, but really who is to say? After all, every individual's mindset is different, and their psychological makeup and the power of their self talk either interacts with their entire human biosystem, or it doesn't, and each person to a different degree would be my suspected conclusion here. Indeed I'd like you to please consider all this and just think about it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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