Phrases with «placebo capsules»

"Placebo capsules" refer to pills that do not contain any active ingredients, such as medicines. These capsules are often given to patients during medical trials or experiments as a control group, so that the effect of the actual medicine being tested can be compared against the effect of taking nothing. Essentially, they are dummy pills that look similar to real medication, but do not have any therapeutic value. Full definition

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Sentences with «placebo capsules»

Half of the patients took six capsules of red yeast rice daily for six months, and the other half received identical placebo capsules. (health.com)
Mothers who had taken our premium malunggay capsules produced about 200 % more breast milk than mothers who only took placebo capsules. (golacta.com)
Between October 2008 and February 2014, Professor Cyrus Cooper and colleagues recruited 1134 women from three UK study sites (Southampton, Oxford, and Sheffield), who were between 14 and 17 weeks pregnant, and had low to normal levels of vitamin D. Half (569) of the women took an oral placebo capsule daily, and half (565) took a 25µg vitamin D capsule daily until delivery of the baby. (sciencedaily.com)
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Phrases with «placebo capsules»

Sentences with «placebo capsules»

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