Sentences with phrase «than a sugar pill»
Consider this: before a new drug is approved for marketing, researchers must show that it is more effective than a sugar pill.
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«It clearly does not work any better than a sugar pill.»
MONDAY, July 18, 2011 (Health.com)-- Two antidepressants commonly prescribed to people with dementia appear to be no better than a sugar pill at easing the symptoms of depression in Alzheimer's patients, according to a new study published today in the Lancet.
Two antidepressants commonly prescribed to people with dementia appear to be no better than a sugar pill at easing the symptoms of depression in Alzheimer's patients, according to a new study.
Reported at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm recently — a review of common «slimming supplements» versus placebo, and not one worked better than the sugar pills.
Not exact matches
More important, the drugs are not much more effective against depression than are sugar pills, he says.
When the data were properly analyzed, they showed that children given Paxil were actually two times more likely to experience suicidal thinking and behavior than children given a placebo, or sugar pill.
Anti-depressant drugs were little, if any, more effective than placebo sugar pills for mild to moderate depression, the kind the vast majority of us are diagnosed with.
And don't they realize that even if a clinical trial fails to demonstrate that a drug or surgery or alternative medicine treatment is better than a placebo, that doesn't mean it doesn't «work» when 18 to 80 % of the time, the body heals itself when given a sugar pill or saline injection in a clinical trial.
After taking the pill and waiting40 minutes, than we drank the powder shake and put the patch on of my husband is a diabetic and he started feelingo like his sugar was dropping and I started feeling sick, I am very sensitive, and I started to get duck and it all came back up now I have the shakes, we both take blood pressure med and other med, I don't think this is any good
On the other hand, if you avoid healthy food choices such as fruit due to the sugar content, you also miss out on thousands of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that don't exist in any tablet or pill on the market — and have documented health benefits rather than risks!
It appears that the antidepressant drug you may be taking is probably no more effective than taking a sugar pill.
Oral glucosamine supplements are not regulated by the FDA the way that drugs are and so it is very important to purchase them from a reputable source, the best being a veterinary office, they are very safe and many owners do notice significant improvement however in scientific studies they can be difficult to prove much more benefit than a placebo (sugar pill).