These data imply that kava extract is superior to placebo as a symptomatic treatment of anxiety. |
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Experiments on animals have proved beyond doubt that even a placebo can cure by improving the immunochemistry of the body. |
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These trials compared SSRIs with placebo in adults with depression and other clinical conditions. |
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There were no significant differences between the soy and placebo groups in the number of hot flashes or hot flash scores. |
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A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial found that Panax ginseng showed no benefit over placebo on hot flash scores. |
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We undertook separate analyses of micronised oral progesterone and progesterone pessaries or suppositories versus placebo. |
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The pressure pain threshold was higher after dronabinol treatment than after placebo treatment. |
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The first section, on placebo effects, provides an accurate overview of current scientific thought. |
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It apparently did not occur to Gary that maybe he had tapped into the placebo effect or the power of suggestion. |
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Any effects of rhino horn are almost certainly placebo effects, of which scarcity, improbability, and high cost play a part. |
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There was no detectable difference in cold duration or symptom severity between the echinacea and placebo groups. |
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A placebo is a non-active 'medication' that a patient believes to be a drug of some kind. |
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The placebo induced a significant release of dopamine from the damaged striatal neurons, detectable by positron emission tomography. |
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A Hawthorne effect could occur in both acupuncture and placebo treatment groups because they were studied. |
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Seven children died from illness or injury without oedema, three in the antioxidant supplement group and four in the placebo group. |
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No significant differences were observed between the homeopathic group, a placebo group, and patients who were given nothing at all. |
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A funnel plot showed noticeable asymmetry in the 11 placebo controlled trials. |
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Most of these studied different regimens rather than comparing cryotherapy with other treatments or placebo. |
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If a curative effect doesn't show up in double-blind tests, then you're mainly talking about the placebo effect, in any case. |
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Following a two-week placebo or vitamin capsule lead-in period, a randomized crossover treatment paradigm was utilized. |
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The study was a randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial. |
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The subjects received three consecutive weeks each of MPH and placebo in random order and under blind conditions. |
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Acupuncture and related therapies such as acupressure have been found to be no more effective than placebo therapies. |
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For example, your question might be whether it is ethical for nurses to administer placebo medication. |
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Also, the high placebo response rate made finding a statistical difference almost impossible. |
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With a high rate of spontaneous cure of the illness, such studies need a large number of subjects to balance the expected high placebo reactors. |
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Whatever the treatment, the placebo effect is always present, whether intended or unintended. |
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The studies were usually withdrawal studies contrasting withdrawal to placebo after a symptom-free period. |
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Since the placebo effect may depend on the patient's conscious or subconscious attitudes to treatment, this might be thought relevant. |
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Until the allocations are revealed at the end of the trials, neither patients nor doctors know who is getting the real drug and who the placebo. |
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The interpretation is that acupuncture needling is of benefit in neck pain and that this is not attributable to a placebo effect. |
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In the first placebo controlled trial conducted in rapid cycling disorder, lamotrigine improved the overall relapse rate. |
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Several recent double-blind trials have found that this herb has no advantage over placebo for treating colds. |
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In both studies, bright light was superior to the placebo condition in producing clinical remissions. |
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Administering a placebo is an act of deception that is ethically problematic. |
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An indication that regression to the mean is occurring is that patients with the worst clinical scores have the biggest placebo effect. |
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Research was an important component of the course, and lectures on research methods and the placebo effect were included. |
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The incidence also explains the powerful placebo effect of some treatments. |
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All patients began a reduced-energy diet at the onset of the placebo lead-in period and followed the diet for the first 52 weeks. |
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Before and after each administration of salmeterol or placebo, patients were assessed for heart rate, respirations, and breath sounds. |
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Even when so-called placebo responders are dropped from a study, a good proportion of the remaining patients respond to placebos anyway. |
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However, in similar coronary artery studies, antiplatelet treatment has no effect on restenosis compared with placebo. |
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Only two of the 12 reacted to the large dose of MSG but not the placebo in the retest. |
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This raises the question of whether treatment causes a placebo effect, perhaps because of the extra time spent with patients. |
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There was also a 1.7-times higher chance of cure in the fluticasone group than in the placebo group. |
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In addition, the placebo effect is even higher when the placebo has some antihistamine effect. |
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Two percent of patients in the Neulasta arm required intravenous anti-infectives versus 10 percent of patients in the placebo arm. |
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This study was observational, and intravenous treatment by enthusiastic investigators has a considerable placebo effect. |
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This study of 56 symptomatic women found evening primrose oil to be no more effective than placebo in controlling vasomotor symptoms. |
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In three small studies, men taking nettle root reported slightly better urine flow than men who were given a placebo. |
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The act of rubbing it in may well be soothing, but in four placebo controlled trials arnica was found to be no more effective than the placebo. |
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All placebo controlled trials were positive and all comparative trials indicated equivalence with other active therapies. |
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Most health care professionals view homeopathy as relying on the placebo effect to produce results. |
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All of health care before that was the power of the placebo effect, and the charismatic health care provider. |
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However, inactive agents are a poor placebo for an easily discriminable drug such as nicotine. |
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Adverse side effects included constipation, nausea, asthenia, and dizziness in 6.2 per cent more patients than those taking placebo. |
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Interestingly, giving the subjects something that blocks the effects of the original drug resulted in the effects of the placebo being lost. |
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No differences in distribution of the bacteria were found between the spray and placebo groups. |
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Overall, there is much to learn about placebo substances and the placebo effect. |
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As far as the placebo issue is concerned I believe they are using the Food and Drug Administration as an Aunt Sally. |
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This implies that our findings perhaps cannot be explained purely in terms of the placebo effect. |
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The most well known example of generalized expectancies is the placebo effect. |
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Therefore, we cannot be certain whether our data show a specific effect of magnets, a placebo effect, or both. |
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The main disadvantage of an open trial is the possibility of a placebo effect favouring antibiotics. |
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In medicine we have to add double blind testing, because both physician and patient can be misled by the placebo effect of hope. |
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One method would be to test the current dosing regimen against shorter, delayed, or less potent regimens rather than placebo. |
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With the alcohol flavor masking taste, there were no discernible differences between the study medication and placebo. |
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Half of the group added the odorless pheromone to their preferred perfume, the other half added a placebo. |
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That one doesn't get answered as often as it should, because the FDA generally only requires testing against placebo. |
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Researchers from Philadelphia gave a single intravenous dose of secretin versus placebo in 61 children with autistic spectrum disorder. |
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Thirty-eight percent of patients responded to the placebo, and 52 percent to the medicines. |
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The eight patients treated with placebo from all dose groups were combined for the purpose of summaries and analyses. |
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After one year, patients in the placebo group had significantly more knee surgeries than those in the treatment group. |
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The revised declaration also calls for new treatments to be tested against the current best treatment rather than placebo. |
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This finding was confirmed by a study that randomised 112 patients to treatment or placebo. |
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It was used to investigate the different effects of ultramolecular potencies compared with placebo rather than pragmatic homoeopathy. |
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The pain experienced by patients in both the placebo and cold gel groups was at the same level at the beginning of this study. |
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For example, during the first year, patients receiving orlistat lost more weight than patients receiving a placebo. |
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They found a significant improvement of symptoms compared to patients taking a placebo. |
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Lightheadedness was reported by two patients in the placebo group, but no adverse effects were reported in the treatment group. |
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In the first phase, more patients are randomised to placebo than to active treatment. |
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Sensitivity analysis excluding those patients who received the placebo tablet did not change our conclusions. |
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Following up the placebo arm of a randomised trial can be a good way of tracking the course of benign diseases. |
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Our study was designed as a prospective, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. |
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Such traditions generate belief, allowing future rituals to produce placebo effects. |
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Other studies comparing ephedra with placebo or herbs containing caffeine yielded similar results. |
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He found that when a subject took glucose, they performed no better than when were given a placebo. |
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And trust is a priceless asset in medicine, where a placebo can work wonders. |
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Clomipramine was equal to desipramine and both tricyclic agents were superior to placebo for amelioration of hyperactivity. |
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The point is that all therapeutic practices, all therapeutic interactions have a placebo component. |
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The researchers gave half the children daily co-trimoxazole, the other half received a placebo. |
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Patients could also be prescribed a placebo as part of this research, but the nutrition and exercise counseling is worth a lot on its own. |
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All patients received placebo via the inhaler and were instructed on the proper technique for using this device. |
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Most doctors are aware of placebos and the placebo effect, but probably few have given the subject any serious thought. |
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A practitioner who administers a placebo wants to benefit the patient by making the patient believe that he is receiving an active treatment. |
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The placebo effect is then defined as the difference in effect in the patients receiving placebo compared with those receiving no treatment. |
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Cough was the only side effect that was more prevalent in this group than in the placebo group. |
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Complement properdin increased by 21 percent compared to the placebo group. |
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The drug defaulter, just like the placebo reactor is not a consistent or readily identified person. |
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Is it unethical for a doctor to knowingly prescribe a placebo without informing the patient? |
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The phenothiazines prochlorperazine and chlorpromazine have been shown to reduce nausea and vomiting of pregnancy compared with placebo. |
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Half the women received magnesium sulfate by injection or infusion in the hospital over about 24 hours, and the rest got a placebo. |
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Six studies showed a significant benefit of probiotic treatment compared with placebo. |
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Participants were randomly given influenza vaccine and placebo injections, at least five days apart. |
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The placebo contained ferrous sulphate 120 mg and calcium phosphate 240 mg. |
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The double-blind placebo trials use inactive agents to control for placebo effects. |
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They all drank a triple espresso, a decaf triple espresso and were given intravenous caffeine and a placebo. |
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Significantly higher patient satisfaction was reported in the botulinum toxin type A group than the placebo group. |
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Korean researchers had 45 impotent men take either 900 mg of Korean red ginseng or a placebo three times daily. |
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In the vitamin group, 12.5 per cent neonates had birth weight below 2.5 kg compared to 15.6 per cent in the placebo group. |
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The fact that a particular respondent uses a placebo in a clinical context is not likely to be misremembered, however, even if the frequency is misjudged. |
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A more extensive study involving 86 CD patients examined the effect of 50,000 IU vitamin A acetate twice daily or placebo for an average of 14.1 months. |
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Those who had received the actual drug reported better levels of self-satisfaction than the unfortunates who just got the placebo. |
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Of the tricyclic antidepressants, amitriptyline appears to be the most efficacious in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy when compared to placebo. |
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The question exists as to why both the lidocaine and the placebo saline solution would have an inhibitory effect on muscle-firing characteristics. |
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The 244 patients who remained in the study after the run-in period were randomized to continue receiving the inhaled corticosteroid or to receive placebo. |
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In one experiment that compared zinc to a placebo, participants who sucked on zinc lozenges every couple of hours found that the length of their cold was cut in half. |
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Live, attenuated influenza virus vaccine and placebo were administered as an intranasal spray in a single dose between mid-September and mid-November. |
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Therefore, we evaluated the effects of the inhalation of lidocaine, salbutamol, lidocaine and salbutamol combined, and placebo on an inhalational histamine challenge. |
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Some women find colposcopy very painful while others hardly notice it, according to a clinical trial testing topical benzocaine and ibuprofen against placebo. |
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Following a 2-week, single-blind placebo washout phase, 12 autistic subjects completed a 10-week, double-blind, crossover comparison of clomipramine and placebo. |
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In clinical trials held in April, climbers taking the supplement were half as likely to experience acute mountain sickness as those taking a placebo. |
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Some of the patients in the control group who did not achieve resolution of the wart following the placebo injection were unblinded and given Candida antigen injections. |
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It was shown in a multi-centre double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 133 patients that a non-acidic form of vitamin C significantly reduced pain compared to a placebo. |
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He concludes that the value of zinc in persons with common cold symptoms remains unestablished because of blinding problems in comparing oral zinc preparations with placebo. |
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After the surgery he discovered that he had simply drunk fruit juice with added sugar and he had been given a placebo. |
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Half were given the cream and the rest a non-active placebo. |
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But again it would be inappropriate and unethical to use a placebo when the consequences of doing so would subject someone to the risk of serious or irreversible harm. |
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Although people commonly think of a placebo as a component of pharmacotherapy, the placebo effect may also exert powerful effects on surgical outcomes. |
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This requirement may conflict with the Declaration of Helsinki, which deems it unethical to give patients a placebo if an evidence based treatment is available. |
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In the first week, three patients in the fusidic acid cream group and eight patients in the placebo group did not comply with the treatment protocol. |
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The practice of testing new medicines against placebo, rather than against the best treatment available, has contributed to a general lack of knowledge. |
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There is some debate as to whether an argon suit inflation system keeps you warm, or merely acts as a placebo i.e. making you believe that you're warmer! |
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This may be attributed to a high placebo effect and the large number of poorly controlled trials in women without a pretrial diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome. |
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The placebo effect is a real problem in some clinical trials. |
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In fact, however, the placebo effect itself varies greatly, not only with the condition being treated but also with the mental outlook of the patient. |
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They were randomly given 600 international units of vitamin E or placebo. |
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Nursing-facility residents who consumed 200 international units of vitamin E daily for 1 year were less likely to get the sniffles than those who took a placebo. |
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This study reported no significant difference in exacerbation rates between iodinated glycerol and placebo, but the summary statistics were not available. |
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The study was a double-blind, randomized, crossover study in which the subjects used identical inhalers containing placebo or salbutamol for 6 weeks. |
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A recent large multicentre randomised controlled trial of botulinum toxin for glabellar lines showed a significant reduction in the lines compared with placebo. |
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O'Kroy and the team of researchers found no significant differences between the placebo and the active nasal dilator regarding the total work of breathing. |
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One trial of the expectorant guaifenesin reported a significant benefit over placebo, but a second trial found no differences between the treated and placebo groups. |
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The scientists randomly assigned 18,882 men to receive a daily finasteride pill or a placebo. |
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The study was 8 weeks in duration during which time patients were administered either LUNESTA with fluoxetine or placebo with fluoxetine. |
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The patients were randomized to also receive 10-40 mg daily of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril or placebo. |
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The two largest and longest studies gave 921 men and women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes 600 mg of lipoic acid or a placebo every day. |
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Forty-eight children were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, 200 mg per day of riboflavin or placebo for 12 weeks. |
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There the placebo, the office for the dead, was sung, and a vigil kept throughout the night. |
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There was non significant improvement in the rhonchi in placebo group but there was significant improvement in the rhonchi in test drug group. |
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Half received 200 mg of aspirin right before surgery, while half received a placebo. |
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The Top 5 most likely to cause somnolence, compared with placebo, are fluvoxamine, mirtazapine, reboxetine, paroxetine, and desvenlafaxine. |
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For this reason, critics argue that therapies that rely on the placebo effect to define success are very dangerous. |
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Patients taking chondroitin sulfate showed no joint changes, while those on placebo showed significant joint space narrowing. |
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Lenvatinib versus placebo in radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. |
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Mice were injected intratibially with mouse OS cells and then randomized to receive placebo or doxorubicin. |
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The intervention group received 150mg oral levamisole while the control group took a placebo tablet on two consecutive days weekly. |
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Impressive results were also seen when alginates were experimentally compared to antacids and placebo. |
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Two groups were administered one of two antihypertensive medications, losartan or enalapril, and the last group, a placebo. |
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The patients were randomly divided into two groups to receive homoeopathically potentised Ignatia 30C or placebo. |
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They were randomized to dextromethorphan hydrobromide and quinidine sulfate or placebo for 10 weeks. |
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They performed a double-blind, crossover designed trial versus placebo in 40 overweight subjects with mixed hyperlipidaemia. |
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During the reviews, the board evaluated safety data of patients treated with the drug as compared to those receiving placebo. |
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First, the volunteers underwent a 16-day phase-in period to gradually reach the maximal level of daily potassium bicarbonate or placebo capsules. |
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Focal electroretinograms and clinical findings were recorded at baseline and after 3 months of saffron or placebo supplementation. |
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John's wort to be more effective than placebo and as effective as imipramine. |
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Patients received 20-40 mg paroxetine once daily, 200-300 mg imipramine once daily, or placebo. |
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There was one lost to follow up in both groups and one withdrawal in placebo group because of punctiform hemorrhage in the brain. |
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Iloperidone was also associated with a favorable profile on the Extrapyramidal Symptoms Rating Scale versus placebo. |
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All patients received the ACE inhibitor perindoprill and the diuretic indapamide or placebo for blood pressure control. |
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The investigators performed electrocardiograms on the volunteers before taking the drug or placebo and again after 1, 3, and 5 hours. |
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A RCT investigated the effects of twice weekly NB-UVB and 250mg oral polypodium leucotomos extract versus NB-UVB and placebo. |
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The first, by Kruesi and colleagues, compared clomipramine versus desipramine, with a two-week, single-blind placebo lead in. |
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BioElectronics Corporation has completed a randomized, placebo controlled crossover trial on plantar fasciitis using ActiPatch. |
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They also excluded trials that mentioned a placebo washout period, a common device to weed out patients susceptible to placebo effects. |
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Surprisingly, rigorous research of placebo effects has only gained momentum in the past decade. |
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In discussions of medical therapies, the focus is generally on the effectiveness of medications and not on placebo effects. |
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This underscores the importance of placebo effects in the development of new drugs. |
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Even within the realm of medicine, the psychological is as important as the physical, and the placebo effect not to be sniffed at. |
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Whilst this proposal is at face value counter-intuitive, it is not inconsistent with recent findings relating to the placebo effect in medicine. |
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Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. |
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There was a modest but significant worsening at endpoint in akathisia symptoms for lurasidone versus placebo. |
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Researchers randomly assigned 49 healthy people aged 55 to 87 to take either zinc gluconate or a placebo. |
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The authors hypothesized that pain ratings after exercise would be lower in the ginger group compared to placebo subjects. |
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Study participants will be randomized equally to receive either NeuroVax or placebo intramuscularly in the deltoid muscle every four weeks. |
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Secondary outcomes included the palatability of the true and placebo tinctures. |
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One trial found more effective pain relief from an 8-day course of Norgesic than placebo. |
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They were given either one daily tablet of 2mg oestradiol valerate or a placebo for two years. |
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Blinding may have been suboptimal due to the nonidentical appearance of the omeprazole placebo control capsule. |
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Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently. |
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Women on alprazolam had significantly reduced levels of anxiety compared with those on placebo during the first flight. |
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Eleven patients in misoprostol group and 7 in placebo group were nulliparous. |
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A study of over 200 people with osteoarthritis took either 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate each day for three years or a placebo. |
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Some compared one statin to another, while others compared a statin to an inactive placebo, which is often called a sugar pill or dummy pill. |
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The participants who received the bupropion were twice as likely to be abstinent as those receiving placebo. |
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The placebo and nocebo effects are widely chronicled in psychology texts and studies. |
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Bowling proposes that placebo and nocebo responses are an intrinsic part of therapy outcomes. |
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This may be the underlying mechanism of placebo and nocebo effects of medications and other therapies. |
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Penile tumescence and the ability for sexual intercourse significantly improved for patients on Tadalafil once a day versus those on placebo. |
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Among these patients, those in the clopidogrel group reported 142 adverse events, and those in the placebo group reported 119 adverse events. |
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A lower level of the transaminases associated with liver damage in the MetabolAid group than in the placebo group. |
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Researchers gave more than 14,600 men aged 50 or older in the Physicians' Health Study either a daily multivitamin for seniors or a placebo. |
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A total of 57 were randomized to either chamomile extract or placebo for 8 weeks. |
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In the placebo condition, heart rate decreased consistently from presmoking levels. |
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During the study, men received either an inactive placebo or avanafil at a dose of 50 milligrams, 100 milligrams, or 200 milligrams. |
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In addition, calcipotriol ointment and placebo ointment were applied to each side of the body. |
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Subjects were randomized to either BTX-A or placebo with the goal of understanding the average number micturitions at four weeks post-treatment. |
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The herbal supplement black cohosh, taken for relief of menopausal hot flashes, doesn't work any better than a placebo, a study finds. |
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The first analysis consisted of two studies assessing 704 subjects with NERD who received esomeprazole 20 mg, esomeprazole 40 mg, or placebo. |
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Mean serum bile acid levels and pruritus at the end of the study were lower in both SHP625 and placebo treated groups as compared to baseline. |
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She presented a study in which eplivanserin 's effects upon cognitive and psychomotor performance were compared to those of flurazepam and placebo in 24 healthy subjects. |
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The placebo capsules contained 350mg of freeze dried Urtica dioca folia as this has no known effect on the CNS, yet is similar in appearance and smell to skullcap. |
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All the standards and tests samples were prepared using sterile normal saline solution which also, served as placebo in the different experiments. |
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The primary endpoint of the trial will be the relative mean change in the Orthostatic Hypotension Questionnaire composite score between Northera and placebo. |
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At the end of treatment, albumin retention significantly decreased in the group treated with the flavonoid fraction in contrast with the placebo group. |
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Acetaminophen taken regularly or as required was no better than placebo in improving time to recovery in patients with acute low back pain, Australian research shows. |
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In a single blind randomised control pilot study, curcuminoids or placebo was administered orally, 2 grams twice daily to a cohort of 26 MGUS patients. |
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In the first protocol ginger and placebo were given two days before the onset of the menstrual period and continued through the first three days of the menstrual period. |
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Ninety-six patients with melasma were randomly assigned to apply, in double-blind fashion, silymarin cream or placebo cream to the affected areas twice a day for 4 weeks. |
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The EOE treated group showed a significant improvement compared to the placebo group in all the subjective and objective parameters tested with no reports of adverse events. |
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The placebo effect has a dark twin called the nocebo effect. |
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Establishing a link between certain genes and the placebo effect is in its infancy, the researchers say online April 13 in Trends in Molecular Medicine. |
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In the French GuidAge study, groups of elderly people with memory complaints were randomly assigned 240 milligrams per day of ginkgo extract, or a placebo, to be taken daily. |
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On comparison of the anticatarrhal effect of placebo versus test drug the efficacy of placebo was non significant while the efficacy of the test drug was highly significant. |
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Several earlier pilot studies assessed the ability of hawthorn to help improve exercise tolerance in people with NYHA class II cardiac insufficiency compared to placebo. |
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Patients were randomised to ginger root powder capsules or placebo capsules as an additional antiemetic to ondensetron and dexamethasone in a double blind design. |
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Another study of 42 patients with cancer showed improvement in depressive symptoms prior to improvement in physical symptoms with trimipramine compared with placebo. |
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In a third analysis the improvement of dyspnea, as measured by the Transition Dyspnea Index, was shown in COPD patients, compared to tiotropium, olodaterol and placebo. |
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In brief, the PEACE trial was a double-blind, phase III trial that randomized patients with stable CAD and preserved left ventricular function to trandolapril vs placebo. |
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Lewith GT, Machin D A randomised trial to evaluate the effect of infra-red stimulation of local trigger points, versus placebo, on the pain caused by cervical osteoarthrosis. |
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She's curious about the extremely high placebo response rate and wonders whether some members of that group might have been taking glucosamine and chondroitin on their own. |
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Because compression clothing is a valid treatment for some ailments, the clothing may have that benefit, but the added copper may have no benefit beyond a placebo effect. |
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A randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical evaluation of extract of Andrographis paniculata in patients with uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection. |
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The mice were assigned to treatment with a placebo, the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole, the antiestrogen fulvestrant or a combination of anastrozole and fulvestrant. |
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Likewise, neuroimaging studies show that placebo treatment activates specific brain structures such as the prefrontal cortex and the rostral anterior cingulate cortex. |
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Based on a consumer perception study, Fision Hydrate left skin instantly feeling smoother and better moisturized when compared to a commercial lotion and the placebo. |
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The placebo contained 500 mg xylitol and other nonplant ingredients. |
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