dummy pill

noun

: a pill or substance that is given to a patient like a drug but that has no physical effect on the patient : placebo

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Those 168 adults were randomly assigned to one of five treatment groups; 37 people got a placebo, or dummy pill, while roughly equal-size groups took one of four daily doses of ketamine that ranged from 30 milligrams to 180 milligrams. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 June 2024 For the new study, researchers measured symptoms in 104 people with PTSD who were randomly assigned to get either MDMA or a dummy pill during three sessions, one month apart. Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 15 Sep. 2023 Half got daily Nexletol and half a dummy pill. Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023

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“Dummy pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dummy%20pill. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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