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Detoxification from methadone maintenance: Double-blind comparison of two methods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1978
A well-rehabilitated group of 22 methadone maintenance patients were detoxified under ambulatory and double-blind conditions, over 42 days, either by decreasing the daily dose of methadone and supplementing it by propoxyphene napsylate (M--PN), or by decreasing the daily dose of methadone administered in two equal doses given 12 hours apart (M--M). All
F S, Tennant, J A, Shannon
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Double-blind study to investigate methods to prevent cephalothin-induced phlebitis

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1977
Methods which might be useful in preventing cephalothin-induced phlebitis following intravenous administration of the buffered drug were investigated. One hundred and twenty adult orthopedic patients were assigned randomly to either a control group or one of five treatment groups.
R R, Maddox, D R, Rush, R P, Rapp, T S, Foster, V, Mazella, H E, McKean   +5 more
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THE "DOUBLE BLIND" METHOD: ITS PITFALLS AND FALLACIES

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1958
A critical review of the so-called "double blind" study reveals pitfalls, fallacies and inadequacies of this method of investigation which in the past has created an unwarranted security in many investigators. The "Worsening" of patients' conditions while on placebos is demoralizing to patients and personnel and the ethics of such a procedure in a ...
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Prospective, Double-Blind Evaluation of Umbilicoplasty Techniques Using Conventional and Crowdsourcing Methods

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2017
Background: Umbilical reconstruction is an important component of deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction. This study evaluated the aesthetics of three different umbilical reconstruction techniques during DIEP flap breast reconstruction.
Veldhuisen, C.L. Van, Kamali, P., Wu, W., Becherer, B.E., Sinno, H.H., Ashraf, A.A., Ibrahim, A.M.S., Tobias, A., Lee, B.T., Lin, S.J.   +9 more
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An experimental double-blind clinical trial method in homoeopathy

British Homeopathic Journal, 1986
AbstractA small number of double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of homœopathic treatment in rheumatological conditions have been carried out. These have used differing methodologies, leading to varying results. This paper describes a novel approach in the treatment of fibrositis, a syndrome which lacks a pathological definition, but is defined solely
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[Proposed method for double-blind study of reflexotherapy phenomena].

Minerva medica, 1980
The Authors report their experience with the placebo, an essential step in the clinical study of reflexotherapy. They assert that also in this branch of medicine it is possible to carry out a "double blind" clinical experimentation by means of placebo, that is, an essential condition in order to develop a scientific assessment of both the limits and ...
Ceccherelli F, Ambrosio F, Manani G, Zanardi L, GIUSTI, PIETRO   +4 more
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[Comparative study using double-blind method of sultopride and thioproperazine].

L'Encephale, 1977
This report includes a statistical analysis of the results of a double blind comparative study between sultopride and thioproperazine. Two rating scales were used: the standard B.P.R.S. and a simplified scale including 7 items: agitation--delusion--thought-disorganization--anxiety--aggressivity--hallucinations--autism. The comparison of the mean of the
P, Sizaret, C, Moreau
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[Trimetazidine versus betahistine in Ménière's disease. A double blind method].

Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico faciale : bulletin de la Societe d'oto-laryngologie des hopitaux de Paris, 1990
The efficacy and acceptability of trimetazidine (60 mg daily) in the treatment of Meniere's disease were compared with those of betahistine (36 mg daily) during a double-blind study spanning two months. Enrolled in the study were 45 patients (33 treated with trimetazidine, 23 with betahistine) presenting cochlear symptoms (vertigo, tinnitus, hearing ...
A, Martini, F, De Domenico
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RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS WITH CHOLINE THEOPHYLLINATE BY THE DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1956
Excerpt Treatment of angina pectoris still is a difficult problem of great practical importance.
C, ARAVANIS, A A, LUISADA
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Clonidine and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: Double‐blind study using objective rating methods

Annals of Neurology, 1987
AbstractClonidine has been suggested to be effective in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (GTS), but no double‐blind study has ever evaluated its effects using objective measures. Thirty patients with GTS completed a 6‐month placebo‐controlled crossover study of the effectiveness of clonidine.
C G, Goetz, C M, Tanner, R S, Wilson, V S, Carroll, P G, Como, K M, Shannon   +5 more
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