Placebos and the Placebo Effect in Drug Trials

2019 ◽  
pp. 399-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Enck ◽  
Sibylle Klosterhalfen
Keyword(s):  
Placebo Effect ◽  
Drug Trials

Placebo effect in antiepileptic drug trials

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge G. Burneo ◽  
Victor M. Montori ◽  
Edward Faught
Keyword(s):  
Antiepileptic Drug ◽  
Placebo Effect ◽  
Drug Trials

Euro Panel Opposes Separate Drug Trials for Elderly

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
JANE SALODOF MACNEIL
Keyword(s):  
Drug Trials

How to Psychologically Minimize Scratching Impulses

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Sölle ◽  
Theresa Bartholomäus ◽  
Margitta Worm ◽  
Regine Klinger
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Placebo Effect ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Physiological Basis ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Physical Complaints ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Placebo Model

Research in recent years, especially in the analgesic field, has intensively studied the placebo effect and its mechanisms. It has been shown that physical complaints can be efficiently reduced via learning and cognitive processes (conditioning and expectancies). However, despite evidence demonstrating a large variety of physiological similarities between pain and itch, the possible transfer of the analgesic placebo model to itch has not yet been widely discussed in research. This review therefore aims at highlighting potential transfers of placebo mechanisms to itch processes by demonstrating the therapeutic issues in pharmacological treatments for pruritus on a physiological basis and by discussing the impact of psychological mechanisms and psychological factors influencing itch sensations.

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