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a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects
an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug
How To Use active placebo In A Sentence
- Creating double blind conditions in trials of counter irritants can be problematic; rubefacients irritate the skin whereas inactive placebos do not.
- There was no superiority to the usual effects of inactive placebos - which is the assumption made by active placebo advocates.
- Half were given the cream and the rest a non-active placebo.
- A recent clinical trial found that one antidepressant, called desipramine Norpramin, and lidocaine -- used either alone or together -- appeared no better than inactive placebo pills and ointments. Reuters: Press Release
- an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug
