Introducing the 'Drucebo' effect in statin therapy: a systematic review of studies comparing reported rates of statin‐associated muscle symptoms, under blinded and open‐label conditions

• Main Authors: Peter E. Penson (Author), G. B. John Mancini (Author), Peter P. Toth (Author), Seth S. Martin (Author), Gerald F. Watts (Author), Amirhossein Sahebkar (Author), Dimitri P. Mikhailidis (Author), Maciej Banach (Author), on behalf of Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta‐Analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The 'placebo effect' and 'nocebo effect' are phenomena whereby beneficial (placebo) or adverse (nocebo) effects result from the expectation that an inert substance will relieve or cause a particular symptom. These terms are often inappropriately applied to eff...