Background: This study aimed to evaluate whether the high frequency of reported statin adverse effects (AEs) may be associated with nocebo effect. We compared nocebo-related subjective AEs objective and investigated factors potentially Methods: A retrospective cohort was conducted using Food Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System between January 2010 December 2019 for statins, inclu...

The nocebo effect in motor performance consists in a reduction of force and increase of fatigue following the application of an inert treatment that the recipient believes to be effective. This effect is variable across individuals and it is usually stronger if conditioning -exposure to the active effect of the treatment- precedes a test session, in which the treatment is inert. In the current ...

PURPOSE Hot flashes are a common and debilitating symptom among survivors of breast cancer. This study aimed at evaluating the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) versus gabapentin (GP) for hot flashes among survivors of breast cancer, with a specific focus on the placebo and nocebo effects. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled trial involving 120 survivors of breast cance...