"Placebos" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol.
| Descriptor ID |
D010919
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.660 E02.785
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placebos" by people in Profiles.
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Single dose systemic acetaminophen to improve patient reported quality of recovery after ambulatory segmental mastectomy: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, clinical trial. Breast J. 2018 05; 24(3):240-244.
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Comparison of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscesses. CJEM. 2017 Jul; 19(4):308-311.
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Mavoglurant in fragile X syndrome: Results of two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jan 13; 8(321):321ra5.
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Comparison of Tamsulosin, Nifedipine, and Placebo for Ureteric Colic. CJEM. 2017 Mar; 19(2):156-158.
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Systemic magnesium to improve quality of post-surgical recovery in outpatient segmental mastectomy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Magnes Res. 2013 Oct-Dec; 26(4):156-64.
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Heterogeneous postprandial lipoprotein responses in the metabolic syndrome, and response to fenofibrate therapy. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2010 Dec; 24(5-6):439-47.
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Independent component analysis of the effect of L-dopa on fMRI of language processing. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 17; 5(8):e11933.
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Morning melatonin has limited benefit as a soporific for daytime sleep after night work. Chronobiol Int. 2005; 22(5):873-88.