Sentences with phrase «than a medication placebo»

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Then they compare results to see if they've reached statistical significance, hopefully demonstrating that the real medication is better than the placebo.

These improvements, he said, resulted in a greater reduction in net use of blood pressure drugs and lipid - lowering medications in the liraglutide 3 mg group than in the placebo group.

Thus, so far, it has never been investigated whether individuals in clinical trials experiencing side effects from antidepressant medication, and for this reason may have guessed that they have not received placebo, also respond more favorably to treatment than those without side effects.

«Importantly, the results of this trial show that even sham acupuncture — which is effectively a placebo — is more effective than medications.

Online reviewers portray these medications as working three to six times better than they do in clinical trials that randomly assign drugs or placebos to broad samples of volunteers, he says.

In clinical trials, patients taking the new medication combined with diet and exercise lost more weight than those taking a placebo and following the same diet and exercise regimen.

Findings also Highlight Acupuncture's Ability to Induce a Stronger Placebo Effect than Oral Medications

In a 2006 government - sponsored analysis, it performed slightly worse than hypnotic medications; patients fell asleep seven to 16 minutes faster and slept 11 to 19 minutes longer than they did with a placebo.

The study found that those taking curcumin alongside their medication had a significant reduction in reported depression (using the 17 - item Hamilton depression rating scale and Montgomery - Asberg depression rating scale) than those taking a placebo with their medication.

In another study, Anti-inflammatory effects of a low arachidonic acid diet and fish oil in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Germany's Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt der LMU, patients who were given daily capsules of fish oil with their antirheumatic medications saw greater benefits for swollen and tender joints than patients given a placebo, apparently because of the oil's anti-inflammatory properties.

While we understand that anti-depressant medications such as selective serotonin and selective serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs and SNRIs) work better than placebo (in about 40 - 60 % of cases), scientists don't know for certain why they have an affect.

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.

Researchers for the American Chemical Society's weekly show, Reactions, took a look at systemic reviews and found there is very little evidence that cough syrup is effective at treating coughs, and that «carefully performed clinical trials show that these medications are generally no better than a placebo.»