It is known that many medications have
side effects or results other than the intended effect. While usually
specific side effects can be linked to the medicine there is a good
chance a side effect experienced may not be related to the medicine
at all.
This can be referred to as the Placebo
Effect which basically means the medication did not cause a change,
but in your mind, you think that it did so it seems like it did cause
a change. This is something that can easily happen when taking a new
medicine or supplement.
Recently I was doing some research and
thought about trying out a supplement. I didn't get around to trying
it yet, but throughout the day and following day I experienced what
would be considered side effects such as headache and irritability. I
thought to myself, if I had taken the supplement, I would have
definitely blamed these effects on the supplement.
So in this case, these unrelated
effects would have been blamed on the supplement incorrectly. This is
something to keep in mind because it can happen when taking anything
new from a medicine or supplement to even trying a new food.
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