sugar pill
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Neither the patient nor the clinician working with them knows whether the treatment is “real,” since a clinician aware that they’re handing out a sugar pill might unwittingly treat participants differently.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
The placebo may be an injectable saline solution, or water, or a sugar pill.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
He published those results in 2017, noting that rigorous studies were needed, in which some patients would be randomly assigned to take minoxidil and others a sugar pill.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022
Test at 5% to see if the population mean for the real drug had a significantly greater impact on the endorphins than the population mean with the sugar pill.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
"Not even a sugar pill?" asked Mother Bab.
From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason
