If a patient is looking for pain pills, hand them three regular Tylenol pills. If the patients ask what they are getting, they are told they are getting “Tylenol “¦. number three.” Not a lie. They really are getting three Tylenol pills. Good placebo effect. Probably half of the patients who get “Tylenol “¦ number three” get significant relief with plain ol’ acetaminophen.
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Unless they know what 3 tylenol 3s feel like =]
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