Sentences with phrase «labeled as a placebo»

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For some medical complaints, open - label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones.

Only then was the group randomized into one of two groups; the treatment - as - usual (TAU) group or the open - label placebo (OLP) group.

Labelling functions as a «placebo» in this study.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

In another example of placebos and meds interacting in curious ways, one study found that when patients took a migraine drug that was labeled «placebo,» it worked half as well as it did for patients who took the same drug, properly labeled.

I also got a bee in my bonnet recently when I heard that TED organizers would label a lecture like this as «red flagged» because I discussed the placebo effect.

Antidepressants such as Prozac and Celexa have been shown to be better than placebo at treating hot flashes, and doctors sometimes prescribe these and other antidepressants for hot flashes «off - label» (i.e., without the FDA's official OK).