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  1. When would a placebo/control group *not* be used in medical …

    Jul 9, 2020 · 2 Related: Why use a placebo in some potential COVID-19 vaccine trials? What is the point of a placebo in studies where the subject can determine their group? The answers to …

  2. Is there a proven way to test if I'm susceptible to the placebo effect?

    The placebo effect requires you to not know you're taking a placebo (patients in these studies are not told what it is about, they're just given pills/injections etc.) I can't think of a way you could …

  3. How do pharmaceutical companies deal with people who received …

    Dec 20, 2020 · However, in order for the study to stay blind so that long term effects can be observed, they cannot be told they received a placebo. How do the pharmaceutical companies …

  4. Why use a placebo in some potential COVID-19 vaccine trials?

    Jul 6, 2020 · With potential COVID-19 vaccine trials beginning around the globe, one vaccine approach is to induce the creation of antibodies in the participants. The first phase of the trial …

  5. What is the point of a placebo in studies where the subject can ...

    The placebo group also gets this therapy, in addition to their placebo drug. E) The placebo choice is often selected to be something that does have some physical effect that isn't psychedelic in …

  6. Are there actual cases where a placebo prescription or fake …

    Aug 22, 2021 · Placebo prescriptions or fake treatments work for people who believe they are ill, and it can actually improve the patient's condition. Are there actual cases where a placebo has …

  7. vaccination - Did covid vaccine studies use an active placebo (with ...

    Jan 14, 2022 · A common cause for unblinding is the presence of side effects (or effects) in the treatment group. In pharmacological trials, premature unblinding can be reduced with the use …

  8. If placebo controls work even when the patient is aware that the ...

    Aug 15, 2020 · If placebo controls can have effects even when the patient is aware that the treatment is a placebo, then why not just always tell clinical trial participants they are using a …

  9. How does the placebo affect physical illnesses?

    As a physicist, I was surprised by coming to realization that placebo can actually affect physical illnesses. I searched on the internet, but explanations for mechanism of placebo were either …

  10. placebo - Are there any apparent flaws in the methodology of …

    Wilhelm et. al. 2016 is a meta-analysis of 23 placebo controlled beta-blocker studies. The attempt of the study was to indicate what fraction of the beta-blocker's effect was due to the placebo eff...