Meanings of take placebos in English

But people who take placebos don't always get better, and in some cases, they actually feel worse.

Among the 40 patients, 27 received the gene-delivery product, while 13 took placebos.

In those studies, one group took estrogen, another took estrogen and progestin and the other two took placebos.

That compared to 30 percent of participants taking placebos - a difference that could have been due to chance.

They are often used in clinical trials to compare the benefits of drugs, and many times patients taking placebos show some improvement.

Lilly said an investigational, phase II study showed that patients using its drug designated LY2140023 had statistically significant improvement versus those taking placebos.

More than twice as many patients taking the 100-milligram pills dropped out of the trials due to side effects, including nausea, than those taking placebos.