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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoThat’s why there are no clinically proven hiccup cures. There’s no way to be better than placebo when the placebo effect is more than enough to get rid of hiccups instantaneously on its own, even if you know it’s a placebo.
minus-squareAlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI read a few years ago that “rectal digital massage” AKA “Finger in the bum” is a legit treatment for hiccups
minus-squaretooLikeTheNope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThat one is likely not placebo but some kind of off-label vagus nerve stimulation
That’s why there are no clinically proven hiccup cures. There’s no way to be better than placebo when the placebo effect is more than enough to get rid of hiccups instantaneously on its own, even if you know it’s a placebo.
I read a few years ago that “rectal digital massage” AKA “Finger in the bum” is a legit treatment for hiccups
That one is likely not placebo but some kind of off-label vagus nerve stimulation