Placebos {SRMData}R Documentation

Placebos and pain relief

Description

Pain relief from analgesics and placebos.

Usage

data(Placebos)

Format

A data frame with 7 rows (each time point) and 6 columns:

Time

The time after taking the treatment, in hours

Placebo

The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given placebos

Distr

The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given distalgesics

Asp

The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given aspirin

Codis

The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given codis

PlaceboRed

The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given red placebos

Source

Read from Figures 3 and 4 of Huskisson, E. C. 1974. Simple Analgesics for Arthritis. British Medical Journal 4: 196–200.


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