idk if i told the full story on here but i signed up for a research study where they were testing a new opioid, and it was supposed to be up to 5 injections increasing the dose to see what people could tolerate
i got the first dose and almost immediately fainted. they had to call in a whole medical team and it was a huge fucking deal
i was kicked out of the study and got a phone call later where they were supposed to tell me what the drug was, so i could avoid it in the future. they told me it was saline water. a placebo. i fainted from the placebo effect.
anyway, it’s been a few months and i just got an email from the same department asking me to be a research participant in a new study: testing the effects of open-label placebo.
open label placebo is when the subjects and the researchers all know it’s a placebo. they’re testing the power of my mind. my power to imagine anything.
i like to think that they chose me for this specifically based on their past experience with me. “get the guy who fainted like a little bitch boy from saline water.” anyway i just submitted all my info and i’m looking forward to getting started.
placebos georg is fucking with the control group again
