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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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ChemotherapyMind-Body TherapiesPharmacotherapyPlacebo Control

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Pharmaceutical applications of ion mobility spectrometry
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Long-term effect of combined vitamins E and C on coronary and peripheral endothelial function.
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… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Does spinal manipulative therapy help people with chronic low back pain?
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
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Controlled trial of vitamin-mineral supplementation: Effects of intelligence and performance
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.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Prostaglandins in primary dysmenorrhea. Comparison of prophylactic and nonprophylactic treatment with ibuprofen and use of oral contraceptives.
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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