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>You can't have a psychological side effect if you're not even aware of it. You can just by chance, though you also can consciously forget you were told or rea
by boomboomsubban 6y ago
>You can't have a psychological side effect if you're not even aware of it.
You can just by chance, though you also can consciously forget you were told or read something like one of the common side effects.
edit You mention being told to take statins several times before a nurse offered you a second choice. Why had you been so reluctant if you didn't know of the common side effects?
- phkahler 6y agoStop blaming the patient for the drugs problem. I don't like taking medications in general. I had heard that statins do lower cholesterol, but that studies (right or wrong) showed no decrease in mortality so why bother. That's it. I was actually pleased with the red yeast results - the lower cholesterol would get doctors off my back and the reduced triglycerides was IMHO a very good thing! But yeah speculate about chance, or my subconscious remembering something I didn't care about if I ever did hear it. This is straight up some jackass trying to use a cute term - nocebo - to deflect blame for side effects onto patients. That's a thing too.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoSo basically you don't think the placebo/noncebo effect exists and you don't think doctors are suggesting things based on a concern for your well being. Instead they're making up over a century of studies so they can blame patients for side effects. This all seems much less likely than you heard something about cholesterol medicine causing muscle pain.