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A placebo or "dummy tablet" is a pill that contains nothing of medical value, usually it will just be sugar or a sugar-substitute. They are used in experiments to see the true value of the medication, sometimes, when people are ill, giving them medicine that they believe will work will make them claim to feel better. So to provide an error-proof test, patients in clinical trials who are the control group will be given a placebo but told it was the drug.
For example, consider this situation, a new drug to combat Hay Fever is developed, they want to see the effectiveness of it on humans so they get two groups of people with Hay Fever, to half of them they give the drug, to the other half they tell them they are getting the drug but it really is a placebo. If people on the placebo say they are getting better, they can ignore those results from the actual effectiveness of the drug because those people simply believed they were getting a drug and their mind made them feel better.
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What is the name of the term used when given dummy drugs?
The Placebo Effect
What is a double dummy study?
A double dummy study is a technique in administering supplies in a clinical trial. It refers to a method of blinding wherein the placebo is administered to both treatment groups.
What is a double dummy trial?
During the clinical trial, all patients are given both placebo and active doses in alternating periods of time.
What is a double-dummy clinical trial?
During the clinical trial, all patients are given both placebo and active doses in alternating periods of time.
What is a double dummy clinical trial?
During the clinical trial, all patients are given both placebo and active doses in alternating periods of time.
What is a triple-dummy clinical trial?
If treatments are classed as A, B and C, and say, for example, C is placebo, then during the trial, every patient will receive A at some point, B at some other point and also C at another time. Therefore each patient is 'dummy' to what they are receiving. It's a 'triple' dummy because there are 3 different treatments.
What is the definition of the placebo effect?
The placebo effect refers to the phenomenon where a person experiences a response to a treatment or intervention that has no therapeutic effect, simply because they believe it will work. This psychological effect can lead to improvements in symptoms or overall health, despite receiving a dummy treatment.
What does placebo mean in Russian?
Placebo in Russian is "плацебо" (pronounced "plakseebo"). It refers to a substance or treatment with no therapeutic effect, given to a patient to simulate the psychological effects of a real medicine.
What represented the placebo?
the pill that represented the placebo
What is a double blind double dummy clinical trial?
The best biometric design for a clinical trial is a double-blind trial comparing the drug against another drug, or placebo. This means that neither the doctor nor patient can tell which treatment the patient is on. To do this both treatments must look identical. Sometimes this is not possible, perhaps 1 drug is a pill, and one is a liquid. In this case biometrics dictates that a double blind double dummy design is used. A dummy liquid is made up to look like the active liquid, and a dummy pill is made up to look like the active pill. Patients then are given either the active pill and the dummy liquid, or the active liquid and the dummy pill.
Is a swimmer a fish?
no dummy no dummy no dummy
When was Placebo - band - created?
Placebo - band - was created in 1994.
