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Here's crazy case report of man who "overdosed" on placebos given to him as part of a blinded clinical trial. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17484949/ https:/
by mattkrause 6y ago
Here's crazy case report of man who "overdosed" on placebos given to him as part of a blinded clinical trial.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17484949/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17484949/
His blood pressure crashed (80/40 initally, 100/62 after several hours of IV fluids) and his heart rate was over 100 bpm. When he found out the pills he had taken were inert, he bounced back almost immediately.
- mjburgess 6y agojust a panic attack
- mattkrause 6y agoIt's obviously psychosomatic (which is why I brought it up) but it's different from a garden-variety panic attack: - Blood pressure tends to shoot up, rather than down, during a panic attack. - Four hours would be incredibly long; they're usually more like 20 minutes