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What is placebo?


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Placebo : Fake pill (typically a sugar pill) given to controls in clinical trials to compare its effects with real drug, cant overdose.

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Placebo:1:an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug; 2:(Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead.

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A placebo is a substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.

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Placebo means a substance having no a substance having no pharmacological effect. It can be given for a number of reasons.

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Placebo is an inactive substance that looks the same as, and is administered in the same way as, a drug in a clinical trial.ChaCha

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