Sentences with phrase «other than a placebo»

THE MEANING In the end, the researchers found that most patients who take antidepressants may glean little from them other than a placebo effect.

Benveniste had become convinced that he and his team had discovered compelling evidence for a real, measurable mechanism behind homeopathy (other than the placebo effect).

Not exact matches

I rather have a placebo with no side effects than your best crafted chemically produced scientific cure that gives me a thousand other symptoms in the long run.

We are sometimes so busy demonstrating that a therapy is «more than a placebo,» we forget that the effects of symbols and therapeutic encounters can be valuable in and of themselves and that these and other «placebo effects» are foundational to medicine as a healing profession.»

Women who were given testosterone but thought it was a placebo, on the other hand, offered fair - share splits 60 percent of the time — significantly more often than those who correctly guessed they got testosterone (30 percent) or a placebo (50 percent).

Drug companies typically test new products against placebos rather than head - to - head against other drugs, so doctors don't get good evidence about which drug is the better choice.

Tested in a U.S. - sponsored trial that involved more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, the vaccine was administered in six injected doses starting in 2006 to half of the group, and the other half received a placebo.

To test the nasal vaccine in adults, researchers at 13 hospitals nationwide, led by Kristin Nichol of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, gave it to more than 2800 people in fall 1997; 1400 others got a placebo.

In two placebo - controlled trials with a total of 380 people who had severe migraines up to 14 days per month, a single dose of a CGRP drug decreased headache days by more than 60 percent (63 percent in one study and 66 percent in the other).

Slightly more than half the children had been enrolled in the caffeine intervention; the others had been given a placebo.

The team found that HRT was more effective at this than a placebo, and seemed to have the most effect in women in the early stages of menopause, and those experiencing other life stresses.

On the other hand, placebos have a stronger effect in depressed patients than in those with an anxiety disorder.

Other studies found that hypnotized subjects could resist intense pain for a full minute longer than those who weren't hypnotized, and for 30 seconds longer than those who had been given a placebo painkiller.

It corroborates the findings of another NIAID - funded study demonstrating that TMP - SMX treatment resulted in better clinical outcomes than placebo for MRSA skin abscesses, and also upholds other findings that both clindamycin and TMP - SMX are equally beneficial in treating MRSA skin infections.

The reduction in pain ratings was substantially greater than those seen in similar studies involving placebo pills, hypnosis, and even morphine and other painkilling drugs, he adds.

One found that 2 grams a day of DHA for six weeks was no better than placebo; the other — which was conducted in children ages 6 to 12 — found that a combination of EPA and DHA did outperform placebo.

The group that was taking caffeine reported significantly less pain than the participants in the other group who took a placebo.

Zoloft (sertraline) and Remeron (mirtazapine), which are both available as generics, also generated more — and more severe — side effects than placebo, leading the researchers to suggest that these and other antidepressants should be reserved for dementia patients whose depression fails to respond to more conservative treatments, such as psychotherapy.

Other side effects experienced by a small percentage of the Contrave groups, but less than 1 % of the placebo groups, included nausea, headaches, and dizziness.

Basically, some people tend to get a bigger placebo or nocebo effect than others.

While some review studies on the substance indicate St. John's Wort is better than a placebo at treating mild to moderate depression with fewer side effects than traditional antidepressants, other review studies have found no difference in effectiveness.

Hydroxycut is a super weight loss supplement that can help you lose weight faster than any other supplement or placebos.

We excluded trials concerning calcium and vitamin D given together with a placebo comparator (trials were only eligible if vitamin D was given to both intervention and control groups, because vitamin D supplementation has been associated with decreased mortality17); trials in which calcium was administered in the form of dietary modification or a complex nutritional supplement; and trials in which most participants had a major systemic disease other than osteoporosis.

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).

For example, people who were taking only an inactive placebo were more likely than patients in other groups to drop out of study, suggesting these families had noticed the placebo «medication» wasn't working.

Other than potentially taking a few dollars out of your pocket (and running the risk of it behaving only as a placebo), there is no actual harm that comes from installing an anti-virus or malware protection app; just try to remember that even if you build a better mousetrap, hackers and malicious developers will just engineer a better mouse.

«Untitled» (Placebo - Landscape for Roni), from 1993, is composed of a long stream of gold - foil - wrapped hard candies lining the seam between the gallery's floor and wall; two stacks of paper («Untitled,» 1989/90)-- one printed with the words «Somewhere better than this place,» the other «Nowhere better than this place» — lie side by side on the floor.