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Abstract Placebo, used here to mean an inert treatment given as if it was a real treatment, means lots of different things to different people. The structure of the article is that it begins by talking about the technical use of placebos in clinical trials, and the extent of the placebo response, then about the mechanism—“How does the ...
H J, McQuay, R A, Moore
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Meta-analysis of neural systems underlying placebo analgesia from individual participant fMRI data [PDF]
The brain systems underlying placebo analgesia are insufficiently understood. Here we performed a systematic, participant-level meta-analysis of experimental functional neuroimaging studies of evoked pain under stimulus-intensity-matched placebo and ...
Leknes, S. +29 more
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When a placebo is not a ‘placebo’: a placebo effect on postprandial glycaemia [PDF]
What is already known about this subject • Although placebo effects have been shown on subjective continuous variables such as pain, placebo effects on objective continuous variables remain uncertain.• The present, pilot, follow‐up investigation represents the first to assess a placebo effect on the objective continuous measurement of acute ...
John L, Sievenpiper +3 more
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Placebo effect of an inert gel on experimentally induced leg muscle pain. [PDF]
Purpose: This study examined the therapeutic effects of an inert placebo gel on experimentally induced muscle pain in a sports therapy setting. It aimed to investigate the degree to which conditioned analgesia, coupled with an expectation of intervention,
Coleman, Damian A +4 more
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Placebo use in the United Kingdom: results from a national survey of primary care practitioners [PDF]
Objectives: Surveys in various countries suggest 17% to 80% of doctors prescribe ‘placebos’ in routine practice, but prevalence of placebo use in UK primary care is unknown.Methods: We administered a web-based questionnaire to a representative sample of ...
Heneghan, C +34 more
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Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care [PDF]
Background Concern has been expressed about the relevance of secondary care studies to primary care patients specifically about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication.
Grant Blashki +15 more
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Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos [PDF]
BackgroundPlacebo groups are used in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to control for placebo effects, which can be large. Participants in trials can misunderstand written information particularly regarding technical aspects of trial design such as ...
Alison E. M. Adams (317941) +18 more
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Intralesional Bleomycin in Periungual Warts: A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study [PDF]
Introduction: Periungual Warts (PW) are difficult to treat because of their challenging location, high recurrence rate and resistance to treatment. Bleomycin is a cheaper and readily available drug that has potential efficacy in treating warts, although ...
Kallolinee Samal +5 more
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