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US
/pɫəˈsiboʊ/
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[ UK /pləsˈiːbəʊ/ ]
[ UK /pləsˈiːbəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
- (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
How To Use placebo In A Sentence
- BDC is currently conducting a Phase two placebo-controlled proof of concept study with the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, etanercept, epidurally administered to a minimum of 40 patients with sciatica. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- PHILIPS: Well, I think there is what we call a placebo effect. CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2005
- Three studies found no difference between those taking beta carotene supplements and those on a placebo pill.
- Shulman CE, Dorman EK, Cutts F, Kawuondo K, Bulmer JN, et al. (1999) Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent severe anaemia secondary to malaria in pregnancy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- But again it would be inappropriate and unethical to use a placebo when the consequences of doing so would subject someone to the risk of serious or irreversible harm.
- Interestingly, giving the subjects something that blocks the effects of the original drug resulted in the effects of the placebo being lost.
- Creating double blind conditions in trials of counter irritants can be problematic; rubefacients irritate the skin whereas inactive placebos do not.
- And, if some patients benefit from placebos, and they are not harmed, I guess I can live with that.
- However, inactive agents are a poor placebo for an easily discriminable drug such as nicotine.
- For the new study, almost 200 postmenopausal women who reported having at least 28 hot flashes a week were randomly selected to receive either a placebo or a daily flaxseed bar for six weeks. Flaxseed fails as treatment for hot flashes
