1. She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that's the placebo effect.

2. These small concessions have been made as a placebo to stop the workers making further demands.

3. The other half will receive an inactive placebo.

4. Again, the placebo could be powerful because it meets some psychological need for attention and treatment.

5. Medicine has generally regarded the placebo effect as a nuisance: it does make research on new medical drugs very difficult.

6. The control subjects did not receive either placebo or loperamide oxide tablets but underwent an identical series of measurements on one occasion.

7. Because of ethical considerations no placebo group was established and it is conceded that this inevitably limits the strength of overall conclusions made.

8. Placebo capsules contained liquid paraffin for adults and olive oil for children.

9. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive a placebo or the cholesterol-lowering drug pravastatin.

10. There was no difference between the aspirin and placebo groups in the incidence of cerebral haemorrhage.

11. A placebo, superficial and cosy, to lull the world into no longer questioning.

12. In each study, the rates in the vitamin A and placebo groups were similar.

13. Leg cramps also occurred in about 5 percent of women on raloxifene compared with 1. 5 percent on placebo.

14. Recurrent oral and vaginal yeast infections occurred in two patients receiving cyclosporin and oral thrush occurred in one patient receiving placebo.

15. For example, instead of receiving vitamin C as the experimental group is doing, the control group receives a placebo.

16. It enrolled 6090 patients and assigned them to enalapril or placebo.

17. In the Health Study,() individual children were randomly assigned either vitamin A or placebo.

18. The mean breath hydrogen curves after acarbose, miglitol, and placebo are shown in Figure 1.

19. At each dosing point, an average of 94.7% of eligible children received the supplement or placebo.

20. Those with moderate risk are randomly assigned to either an oral insulin or a placebo.

21. No significant difference was found between either treatment and placebo.

22. When the tPA test is over, doctors will find out whether they gave her a useless placebo injection.

23. Half then used a nasal spray for a further 10 days, while half used a placebo spray.

24. A more recent trial in osteoarthritis showed no effect from Rhus toxicodendron when compared with placebo.

25. Mean changes at 16 weeks in individual components of the Leicester score relative to placebo are shown in fig 2.

26. The part of the Conservative is played by the banker who sold the victim this placebo.

27. Thirty two of the remaining patients were randomised to receive cisapride, and 34 to receive placebo.

28. Hoffmann-La-Roche's Sight and Life programme supplied the vitamin A and placebo.

29. We showed that enalapril prevented such deterioration in normotensive diabetics with microalbuminuria compared with placebo.

30. A significant improvement was found with active treatment but not with placebo.

1. She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that's the placebo effect.

31. Of those, 440, 000 received the actual vaccine, and the rest got a placebo.

32. Lipson replaced his blood pressure medicine with a placebo for a short period of time and the man regained his potency.

33. The other children received regular injections of a placebo, or inert substance.

34. Wright and Burton performed a crossover study of evening primrose oil and placebo in 99 adults and children with atopic eczema.

35. Three studies found no difference between those taking beta carotene supplements and those on a placebo pill.

36. When the code was broken, it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid.

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37. With diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, it is less obvious how the placebo effect works.

38. The purpose is to determine which treatments produce effects over and above placebo levels.

39. Symptomatic recurrence in this study was particularly common in the group randomised to cisapride, not placebo.

40. This trial was an attempt to use the orthodox model, comparing a single remedy with placebo.

41. There were no improvements in the placebo group despite the fact that the patients were on full orthodox first-line treatment.

42. A fourth group will receive a placebo and standard medical care.

43. The sum of evidence is now too strong to justify further placebo controlled trials in communities with vitamin A deficiency.

44. However, you then have another problem called the placebo effect.

45. The mortality rate due to acute gastroenteritis was significantly lower in the vitamin A clusters than in the placebo clusters.

46. There were significantly fewer admissions for septicaemia and enteritis in the co-trimoxazole group than in the placebo group.

47. For comparison a fourth group a placebo.

48. Placebo effect effect of taking a placebo.

49. Improvement After Arthroscopy: The Placebo Effect?

50. But more likely it's placebo poppycock.

51. The children were randomized to either etanercept or placebo.

52. Is this the placebo effect?

53. How come they didn't trigger a placebo effect?

54. They were then given L - DOPA or a placebo and asked to imagine holidaying in those destinations.

55. Scientists investigating a popular herbal treatment for enlarged prostate, saw palmetto, have concluded it is no more effective than a placebo.

56. The Myoblast Autologous Grafting in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy ( MAGIC ) trial: first randomized placebo - controlled study of myoblast transplantation.

57. The answer is the "gold standard" double blind, placebo controlled study.

58. Subjects received multivitamin supplementation in addition to their lutein or placebo throughout the trial.

59. It is important for the microbicide field to understand why cellulose sulfate was associated with a higher risk of HIV infection than the placebo product.

60. AIM: To observe the effect of melatonin in treating elderly patients with primary insomnia by using the objective evaluating method of double blind placebo control.

61. DESIGN: Randomized, single blind and placebo control prospective study based on patients.

62. Randomized trials comparing misoprostol with either placebo or another uterotonic to prevent or treat postpartum haemorrhage were checked for eligibility.

63. To investigate whether supplementation might alleviate myalgia, the researchers conducted a pilot study in 44 patients who were randomized to coenzyme Q10 or placebo for 12 weeks.

64. In the 80-patient, 32-day French trial at the University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, patients with sleep apnoea and low levels of vitamin D are being given the supplement or a placebo.

65. Half were given the beta blocker metoprolol, sold by AstraZeneca as Toprol XL, two to four hours before and 30 days after their surgery. The other half got a placebo.

66. Methods: Eighteen ECT patients were randomized to receive galantamine or placebo throughout the course of their ECT treatments.

67. The researchers concluded that children quaffing the cocktail containing tartrazine from both age groups were less well behaved than those who had been downing the placebo.

68. The two groups were subsequently allowed to drink alcohol in an experimental consumption test or a placebo, depending on which situation they had been randomly assigned.

69. Results: A total of 250 patients were assigned to fluvastatin, and 247 to placebo, a median of 37 days before vascular surgery.

70. In a study in 2009, participants either took a placebo or the drug naltrexone -- known to curb addictive tendencies toward alcohol, drugs and gambling.

71. Aztreonam lysine inhalation was also associated with significantly greater improvements in clinical symptoms, lung function, and sputum density of P. aeruginosa, compared with placebo.

72. Vardenafil also had no clinically significant effects on any other semen parameters, or on levels of reproductive hormones, when compared with placebo.

73. Half of the mice were injected with GMCSF, the other with a placebo saline solution.

74. Twice-daily and thrice-daily aztreonam lysine were similarly effective, and adverse events did not differ significantly between the aztreonam and placebo groups.

75. After correcting for placebo changes, the average systolic and diastolic BP levels at 08.00 am were 25 and 13 mmHg lower, respectively, than baseline levels.

76. The primary outcome was death from any cause for the comparison between the combination regimen and placebo; the frequency of exacerbations, health status, and spirometric values were also assessed.

77. An active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug.

78. Lesions were cleared or almost cleared in 7 acitretin plus pioglitazone–treated patients (37%) and in 2 acitretin plus placebo–treated patients (9%).

79. One group was given diazoxide in drinking water for eight months; the other was given a placebo.

80. There were 12 asthma exacerbations in 10 participants assigned to placebo, of whom 9 had sputum eosinophilia during their exacerbation.

81. At six clinical sites, 47 subjects aged 9 to 18 years and 46 subjects aged 19 to 30 years were randomized to 12 weeks of treatment with PPT, VT/ orthoptics , or placebo VT/ orthoptics .

82. After eight months, the diazoxide group outperformed the placebo group on both learning and memory.

83. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, randomized, double - blind, parallel - treatment, placebo - controlled study in Japan.

84. The results in comparison to placebo strongly suggest that MPS is absorbed.

85. They got either a placebo or one of three doses of powdered ginger in a capsule.

86. Identical appearing and tasting formulations were used for hydroxycarbamide and placebo.

87. Although myalgia and pyrexia were more common in treatment groups, dropout rates related to treatment were similar to those in the placebo group.

88. Methods: A randomized, double - blind, placebo add - on was taken.

89. Method:Heroin-dependant patients with protracted withdrawal symptoms were blindly assigned into the treatment group with trazodone and the control group with placebo after detoxification .

90. Three of 22 participants in the placebo group and one of 22 participants in the diphenhydramine group had fewer nighttime awakenings during the week in which the infants were taking medication.

91. They were randomly assigned to receive either 20 mg of tadalafil or placebo every other day for 6 weeks.

92. Patients were either given a placebo or etanercept, a compound which blocks the effects of toxic cytokines.

93. This compared with an infection rate of more than 8 % in blacks given the placebo.

94. The subjects were randomly assigned to receive sildenafil or a placebo ("sugar pill") before they participated in an all-night sleep study, which included at least 7 hours of recording time).

95. Patients taking tadalafil experienced fewer Raynaud's episodes than those taking placebo (2.23 vs 3.36), and the episodes were also of shorter duration (31.5 minutes vs 53.9 minutes).

96. Only 15 percent of the MDMA-treated subjects continued to experience PTSD afterward, as opposed to 85 percent of the subjects who received psychotherapy with a placebo.

97. Among 502 patients enrolled in this clinical trial, half were given Yervoy plus dacarbazine and the other half were given a placebo and chemotherapy.

98. Only 1 new fingertip ulcer was reported in the tadalafil group, compared with 13 new ulcers in the placebo group.

99. The placebo effect can be understood only if we acknowledge the unity of mind and body.

100. The increased cardiovascular risk compared with placebo was reported in a 2004 analysis of the adenomatous polyp prevention on Vioxx (APPROVe) study, w13 which led to the drug's withdrawal.

101. They only provide an additional 11.4 minutes of sleepover placebo pills, and they interfere with memory formation, with theresult that people sometimes forget how badly they actually slept.

102. People taking the drug were also no more likely to suffer from crying, tearfulness , or anxiety than those on placebo.

103. Methods A randomized double - dummy placebo - controlled study.

104. There were slight increases in systolic BP during the placebo phase (0.8 mm Hg) and slight decreases in diastolic BP (0.3 mm Hg).

105. We compared the effects of a bronchodilator, two placebo interventions, and no intervention on outcomes in patients with asthma.

106. The frequency and severity of symptoms declined by about 30 percent over 12 months regardless of whether women were taking black cohosh or placebo.

107. In a study involving 146 volunteers at the Garlic Centre in East Sussex, half were given a garlic supplement daily and the other half a placebo.

108. Fifty-one patients were given either a placebo or a six-week course of the antibiotic doxycycline, with the aim of targeting bacteria that live inside the worms.

109. Research Design and Methods: In a double-masked placebo controlled trial, we evaluated 20 obese non-diabetic adults at baseline and after one-month of salsalate or placebo.

110. Methods A random, double blind, and placebo control study was conducted.

111. First, there is no double-blind , placebo - controlled study to show Thimerosal is safe.

112. The participants took 200 milligrams of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) plus 300 mg docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) every day for two years or a placebo capsule containing olive oil.

113. In 2004, they showed that the two most common active ingredients in cough syrup, dextromethorphan and diphenhydramine, had the same effectiveness in treating cough symptoms as a placebo ingredient.

114. The vaccine and placebo injections were administered to 16,402 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 30 years in Rayong and Chon Buri provinces in Thailand.

115. In the clinical trials, people with depression were treated with either an antidepressant or a placeable (placebo), a pill that contains no medicine.

116. To examine whether there might be placebo effects on the heart arteries, Meissner and Ronel's team looked at 30 patients who underwent coronary angiography to evaluate chest pain symptoms.

117. Participants were randomly assigned to daily multivitamin and mineral supplements or placebo for 12 weeks.

118. So, in fact, this double blind placebo controlled study does not guarantee safety or efficacy because the test leaves far too many questions unanswered.

119. Objective To compare the efficacy and tolerability of methylphenidate extended-release tablets (OROS MPH) and placebo in treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

120. Dyspnoea measures were similar between placebo and iloprost at baseline and at the end of therapy.

121. Then each day over a six-week period they were given one of two mixtures with artificial coloring and the preservative sodium benzoate, or a plain fruit juice placebo.

122. In an additional placebo controlled double-blind study the efficacy of Hirudoid cream was assessed in treating superficial thrombophlebitis developing after continuous infusion (Metha et al. ).

123. However, double - blind placebo - controlled studies are needed to test its efficacy and safety.

124. The other group was administered a placebo beverage containing artificial hibiscus flavouring and colour.

125. In A-HeFT trial, you showed a combination of isosorbide dinitrate with hydralazine achieved a better survival rate than placebo in African American population.

126. It also hints at a possible biochemical mechanism for the placebo effect, exhibited by about 30% of arthritis sufferers.http:///placebo.html

127. Criteria for inclusion of treatment trials were randomization and placebo control.

128. Result: Compared with unkindled rats and placebo rats, the expression of the P-170 staining in the brain samples of kindled rats were significantly increased.

129. Methods A multicenter, randomized, double - blind , placebo - controlled study was carried ont.

130. All of the 24 fingertip ulcers present at the start of treatment healed during tadalafil treatment, compared with 3 of 13 in the placebo group.

131. The study was a double blind placebo controlled study adequately powered for OS as primary end-point.

132. The sodium and placebo tablets were taken ad libitum, with the suggested range of 1–4 per hour.

133. The group on placebo pills showed improvements both at the half way point and at the end of the period, when compared with the no-treatment group.

134. Results showed no significant differences in VAP incidence or in the overall use of antibiotics in the chlorhexidine group compared with the placebo group.

135. The placebo has been found to work with a lot of different cases.

136. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills.

137. After taking orlistat for a year, most people lose about 8.1 kilograms (about 18 pounds). That's about 2.8 kilograms (6 pounds) more than people who take a dummy treatment (a placebo).

138. Serious adverse events occurred in 4% of patients taking tadalafil and 5% of those taking placebo.

139. Horne has his doubts about such treatment, citing a possible placebo effect.

140. The double - blind, placebo - controlled, phase III study is one of the largest PD clinical trials to date.

141. In a double-blind study versus placebo, Shimizu et al. verified the influence of Hirudoid cream in 41 patients with hypertrophic scar formation.

142. The Classical Latin meaning of the word placebo is "I shall please."

143. Intrathecal baclofen was shown to be superior to placebo in the change from baseline in the Ashworth rating of spasticity and the frequency of spasms.

144. I am also reminded of a comedy routine by Steve Martin where he recommends this new drug he just tried, it's called placebo.

145. Two patients assigned to placebo and one assigned to pentoxifylline required immunosuppressive therapy for deterioration in their condition.

146. In a randomized clinical trial, 47 subjects were assigned to a placebo, a topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, or a topical anesthetic.

147. Treatment that combines sertraline and naltrexone appearsto be superior to treatment with either drug alone, as well as to placebo, forindividuals with depression and alcohol dependence.

148. Methods A multicenter, randomized, double - blind , placebo - controlled, parallel design, 6 - week study was performed.

149. The placebo effect refers to all the observable behaviors caused by placebo.

150. Placebo and treatment moxibustion pillars were made by affixinga moxa cone onto a special collar base.

151. Participants took either 200 milligrams or 400 milligrams of Celebrex, or a placebo, twice a day, for three years.

152. For drug companies, the placebo effect can pose an obstacle to profits--if their medications fail to outperform placebos in clinical trials, they won't get approved by the FDA.

153. The roots of both please and placebo are the same and the American Heritage Dictionary takes them back to an Indo-European root plak that meant "to be flat."

154. Children were randomly provided with either a high-energy, high-protein supplement — atole — or a placebo drink, at specific ages between 0 and 7.

155. Surprisingly, codeine wasn't much better than placebo for suppressing cough in this study.

156. But there was no difference in the magnitude of symptom score improvement between placebo and saw palmetto.