Sentence examples for dummy drug from inspiring English sources

The phrase "dummy drug" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a substance that has no therapeutic effect, often used in scientific studies as a control group against a real drug. Example: The researchers gave half of the participants the real medication and the other half a dummy drug to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.

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Placebo, an inert, or dummy, drug.

Eighteen patients taking a dummy drug while on a high-protein diet saw no significant improvement.

They had much lower levels of testosterone in their blood than those given a dummy drug.

The volunteers were scanned under the influence of psilocybin and when they had been injected with a placebo, or dummy drug.

Patient (or carer) deemed not competent at using the correct site and technique for subcutaneous injection of the trial treatment (containing dummy drug on practice).

When asked about how they would define the word "placebo", the majority of PCPs stated that a placebo is a dummy drug without substance.

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A control group of three monkeys were given dummy drugs.

4. Dummies for drugs.

"Alzheimer's for Dummies" evaluates different drug therapies, "Beekeeping for Dummies" advises you to avoid perfume and "always wear your veil when you're inspecting your hive," and "Google for Dummies" explains how to buy advertising on the almighty search engine.

The numbers of subjects involved in the study was too small to allow the effects of individual drugs on cognition to be meaningfully examined, however binary dummy variables for drug class (FGA [1,0] SGA [0,1] and clozapine [0,0]) were included, along with age, sex, and NART-estimated premorbid IQ.

You're encouraging the act of dummy hairdos and drug abuse no matter which way you slice it.

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