placebo in a sentence

Examples

1. In centuries past, doctors used placebos to placate problem patients.
2. "We said, ` What do you mean placebo?
3. Some of the men will get selenium, others a placebo.
4. But as the trial progressed, placebo did become an issue.
5. Whatever they're getting is a placebo response ."
6. Thirty-two percent of patients taking the placebo improved significantly.
7. Half were also given Erbitux and the other half a placebo.
8. But the drug did shrink tumors more often than the placebo.
9. So studies of short duration can exaggerate the efficacy of placebos.
10. Those on placebos get the drug, as Rosenbluth eventually did.