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Placebos

Known as: sham therapy, Placebos (Medicine), placebo therapy 
Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a… 
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Supramedullary influences on cough
Review
2004
Review
2004
Active placebos versus antidepressants for depression (Review)
Authors’ conclusions The more conservative estimates from the present analysis found that differences between antidepressants and… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A comparison of once daily fexofenadine versus the combination of montelukast plus loratadine on domiciliary nasal peak flow and symptoms in seasonal allergic rhinitis
Background The combination of montelukast (ML) and loratadine (LT) has previously been shown to be superior to either drug alone… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effect of statin versus fibrate on postprandial endothelial dysfunction: role of remnant-like particles.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Placebos, drug effects, and study design: a clinician's guide.
OBJECTIVE This article examines the role of placebos in evaluating the efficacy of psychiatric drugs. Also addressed are the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Zinc gluconate lozenges for treating the common cold.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mild systolic dysfunction in heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction >35%): baseline characteristics, prognosis and response to therapy in the Vasodilator in Heart Failure Trials (V-HeFT)
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The role of self-efficacy expectancies in the prediction of pain tolerance
Review
1985
Review
1985
Evaluation of immediate adverse reactions to foods in adult patients. II. A detailed analysis of reaction patterns during oral food challenge.
Review
1952
Review
1952
Effects of anxiety and morphine on discrimination of intensities of painful stimuli.
The testing of analgesics, especially morphine, has yielded a great deal of conflicting evidence concerning the effects of drugs… 
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