OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness and onset of nocebo effects after switching from original etanercept (ETN) to a biosimilar (BS) in routine clinical practice at rheumatology clinics in Japan (13 sites). METHODS A total of 165 patients (87.0% female,
T. Matsubara +13 more
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Introducing the 'Drucebo' Effect in Statin Therapy: A systematic review of studies comparing reported rates of statin-associated muscle symptoms, under blinded and open-label conditions. [PDF]
Background: The ‘placebo effect’ and ‘nocebo effect’ are phenomena whereby beneficial (placebo) or adverse (nocebo) effects result from the expectation that an inert substance will relieve or cause a particular symptom.
Banach +38 more
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How does observational learning produce placebo effects? : a model integrating research findings [PDF]
There is a growing body of evidence proving that observational learning, in addition to classical conditioning and verbal suggestions, may induce both placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia.
Bajcar, Elżbieta, Bąbel, Przemysław
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Long-Term Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hypnotherapy in Patients with Severe Endometriosis - a Retrospective Evaluation [PDF]
Background: 15% of patients with severe endometriosis suffer from pain symptoms in spite of pharmacological and surgical treatments. In this retrospective study we aimed to assess the effectiveness of a combined therapy of Traditional Chinese medicine ...
Böhling, Barbara +2 more
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Reporting of auditory symptoms over time: (in)consistencies, expectations and the nocebo effect
Objective: Consistent symptom reporting for conditions like tinnitus that do not have an associated sign is critical for evaluating severity and intervention effectiveness, and for interpreting research findings.
G. Saunders +4 more
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Nocebo Effect in Randomized Clinical Trials of Antidepressants in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Objective:: To compare the incidence of adverse events between active and placebo arms of randomized clinical trials in depressive children and adolescents (C&A) with antidepressant treatments, in order to look for similarities in both groups that allow ...
Becerra, Lino +7 more
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Exposing the evidence gap for complementary and alternative medicine to be integrated into science-based medicine. [PDF]
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are confronted with the lack of evidence to support CAM they counter by calling for more research, diverting attention to the ...
Hopayian, K, Power, M.
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The effect of the type and colour of placebo stimuli on placebo effects induced by observational learning [PDF]
Research shows that placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia can be induced through observational learning. Our aim was to replicate and extend these results by studying the influence of the type and colour of stimuli used as placebos on the placebo ...
Bąbel, Przemysław, Świder, Karolina
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Nonadherence to statins:individualized intervention strategies outside the pill box [PDF]
Poor adherence to statin therapy is linked to significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events and death. Unfortunately, adherence to statins is far from optimal.
Lansberg, Peter +4 more
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Relieving pain using dose-extending placebos [PDF]
Placebos are often used by clinicians, usually deceptively and with little rationale or evidence of benefit, making their use ethically problematic. In contrast with their typical current use, a provocative line of research suggests that placebos can be ...
Colloca, Luana +2 more
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