Here’s a useful heuristic: I don’t trust anyone who’s giving me advice that may hurt me and can’t possibly affect them. I’ll cross-check with another source, even if they’re an expert on the topic.
For instance, I didn’t trust my doctor when she gave me medication with a substantial chance of side-effects I wouldn’t have liked. I wouldn’t trust a real estate agent’s judgements on a house they’re trying to sell me. And so on.
I didn’t trust my doctor when she gave me medication with a substantial chance of side-effects I wouldn’t have liked.
That could be because your doctor was trying to prevent a nocebo effect. If a side effect is directly harmful (not simply a nuisance) or put you at risk say for example petic ulcer when taking large doses of NSAID:s e.g. aspirin, doctors are generally inclined to inform you—if they know their stuff.
Here’s a useful heuristic: I don’t trust anyone who’s giving me advice that may hurt me and can’t possibly affect them. I’ll cross-check with another source, even if they’re an expert on the topic.
For instance, I didn’t trust my doctor when she gave me medication with a substantial chance of side-effects I wouldn’t have liked. I wouldn’t trust a real estate agent’s judgements on a house they’re trying to sell me. And so on.
That could be because your doctor was trying to prevent a nocebo effect. If a side effect is directly harmful (not simply a nuisance) or put you at risk say for example petic ulcer when taking large doses of NSAID:s e.g. aspirin, doctors are generally inclined to inform you—if they know their stuff.