Nocebo Effect

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A doctor's posture posture, permeated by positive or negative manifestations (comments, suggestions, attitudes etc.), can result in both favorable and unfavorable effects in their patients.

Pubmed Data : Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2009 Jan-Feb;55(1):13-8. PMID: 19360271
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2009
Study Type : Human Study
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Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

Clinician empathy reduces the duration and severity of the common cold in patients.

Pubmed Data : Fam Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;41(7):494-501. PMID: 19582635
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2009
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Common Cold : CK(514) : AC(61)
Therapeutic Actions : Empathy : CK(20) : AC(2), Placebo Effect : CK(50) : AC(4)
Pharmacological Actions : Interleukin-8 upregulation : CK(20) : AC(2)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

Induction of nocebo and placebo effects on itch and pain by verbal suggestions.

Pubmed Data : Pain. 2011 Jul;152(7):1486-94. Epub 2011 Feb 24. PMID: 21353388
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2011
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Itching : CK(45) : AC(5), Pain : CK(583) : AC(91)
Therapeutic Actions : Placebo Effect : CK(50) : AC(4)
Additional Keywords : Iatrogenic Disease : CK(218) : AC(21)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

Nocebo-induced hyperalgesia during local anesthetic injection.

Pubmed Data : Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 1;110(3):868-70. Epub 2009 Dec 30. PMID: 20042440
Article Published Date : Mar 01, 2010
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Hyperalgesia : CK(35) : AC(10)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

Suicide and cardiovascular death after a cancer diagnosis is greatly increased.

Pubmed Data : N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 5 ;366(14):1310-8. PMID: 22475594
Article Published Date : Apr 05, 2012
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Suicidal Behavior : CK(83) : AC(10)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

Widespread hyperalgesia in irritable bowel syndrome is dynamically maintained by tonic visceral impulse input and placebo/nocebo factors.

Pubmed Data : Neuroimage. 2009 Sep;47(3):995-1001. Epub 2009 Apr 16. PMID: 19375508
Article Published Date : Sep 01, 2009
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Hyperalgesia : CK(35) : AC(10), Irritable Bowel Syndrome : CK(803) : AC(66)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

The apparent permeability across placental cells grown on polycarbonate membranes (3.0μm pore size) was four times higher for the 50 nm particles compared with the 100 nm particles.

Pubmed Data : Int J Nanomedicine. 2012 ;7:497-510. Epub 2012 Jan 31. PMID: 22334780
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2012
Study Type : In Vitro Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Prenatal Chemical Exposures : CK(324) : AC(86)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

The nocebo effect in multiple sclerosis trials are substantial and appear to have increased significantly in recent years .

Pubmed Data : Mult Scler. 2010 Jul;16(7):816-28. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PMID: 20538704
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2010
Study Type : Review
Additional Links
Diseases : Multiple Sclerosis : CK(775) : AC(133)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

There are neurobiological mechanisms that may explain the hyperanalgesic consequences of the nocebo effect.

Pubmed Data : Neuroscience. 2007 Jun 29;147(2):260-71. Epub 2007 Mar 26. PMID: 17379417
Article Published Date : Jun 29, 2007
Study Type : Commentary
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Diseases : Hyperalgesia : CK(35) : AC(10)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Nocebo Effect : CK(62) : AC(8)

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