For Placebo we have terms and definitions in 24 topics. The topics are Addiction, Anti-Aging, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cholesterol, Clinical Trials, Eczema, Food, Food and Health, HIV and AIDs, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Huntingtons Disease, Immunization, Lymphoma, Medical, Multiple Sclerosis, Musicians, Nutrition, Oncology, Paranormal, Prostate Cancer, Psoriasis, Vitamins and Weight Loss.

Placebo (Addiction)

A pharmacologically inert substance that may elicit a significant reaction entirely because of the mental set of the patient or the physical setting in which the drug is taken.

Placebo (Anti-Aging)

an inert compound usually given to a portion of the subjects in a scientific experiment, in order to distinguish the psychological effects of the experiment from the physiological effects of the drug being tested.

Placebo (Breast Cancer)

An inactive substance used in controlled studies of drugs. The placebo is given to one group of patients and the drug being tested is given to a similar group of patients. The results obtained from these two groups are then evaluated and compared.

Placebo (Cancer)

An inactive substance or treatment that looks the same as, and is given the same way as, an active drug or treatment being tested. The effects of the active drug or treatment are compared to the effects of the placebo. The use of placebos in cancer treatment studies is very uncommon.

Placebo (Cholesterol)

A "sugar pill" or any dummy medication or treatment.
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Placebo (Clinical Trials)

An inactive substance designed to resemble the drug being tested. It is used as a control to rule out any psychological effects testing may present. Most well-designed studies include a control group which is unwittingly taking a placebo.

Placebo (Eczema)

Something that looks like a drug and is used like a drug, but that has no active ingredient; often used to test the efficacy and safety of prescription medications in clinical trials.

Placebo (Food)

Metimes casually referred to as a "sugar pill," a placebo is a "fake" treatment which seems identical to the real treatment. acebo treatments are used to eliminate bias that may arise from the expectation that a treatment should produce an effect.

Placebo (Food and Health)

Sometimes casually referred to as a "sugar pill," a placebo is a "fake" treatment which seems identical to the real treatment. Placebo treatments are used to eliminate bias that may arise from the expectation that a treatment should produce an effect.

Placebo (HIV and AIDs)

A "look-alike" dummy pill that does not contain drug; placebos are often used in clinical trials.

Placebo (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

A "sugar pill" or any dummy medication or treatment.

Placebo (Huntingtons Disease)

Any intentionally ineffective medical treatment, such as a sugar pill, used to replace medication. In clinical trials, placebos are given to control groups to compare the results of people who receive the placebo with the results of those who receive the experimental drug. The experimental treatment must produce better results than the placebo in order to be considered effective.

Placebo (Immunization)

A substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings.

Placebo (Lymphoma)

An inactive substance resembling a medication, given as a control in evaluating a medicine believed to be active. It is usually a tablet, capsule, injection, or infusion that contains a harrnless substance but appears to be the same as the medicine being tested. A placebo may be compared with a new drug or treatment when no one knows if the new approach will be effective.

Placebo (Medical)

A chemically inactive substance given in place of a drug to test how much of a drug's effectiveness can be attributed to a patient's expectations that the drug will have a positive effect

Placebo (Multiple Sclerosis)

An inactive, non-drug compound that is designed to look just like the test drug. It is administered to control group subjects in double-blind clinical trials (in which neither the researchers nor the subjects know who is getting the drug and who is getting the placebo) as a means of assessing the benefits and liabilities of the test drug taken by experimental group subjects.

Placebo (Musicians)

Multinational punk-influenced glam-rock trio led by English vocalist Brian Molko

Placebo (Nutrition)

A pharmacologically inactive substance, primarily used in experiments to provide a basis for comparison with pharmacologically active substances.

Placebo (Oncology)

A placebo is an inactive substance with no medicinal effects that sometimes is used in research control groups.

Placebo (Paranormal)

An inactive treatment often given to a control group.

Placebo (Prostate Cancer)

An inactive substance or treatment that looks the same as, and is given the same way as, an active drug or treatment being tested. The effects of the active drug or treatment are compared to the effects of the placebo.

Placebo (Psoriasis)

A pharmacologically inactive substance with no medicinal value, used as method for "control" in clinical trials.

Placebo (Vitamins)

A fake medicine used for research. It helps to balance results of trials by better establishing whether the genuine medicine is responsible for any improvements of conditions, or whether there are other, as yet unconsidered factors present.

Placebo (Weight Loss)

A substance, such as a sugar pill, that is used in research studies to compare the effects of a specific treatment against no treatment (the placebo).

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