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The analgesic effects of aspirin and placebo on experimentally induced tooth pulp pain. 1985

M H Lee, and H H Zarestsky, and M Ernst, and B Dworkin, and R Jonas

We examined the relative analgesic potency of aspirin and placebo in a within-subject-repeated-measure experiment using a precision tooth pulp stimulation technique with long-term stability (r = 0.93) for more than two months between measures. The attenuation of pain perception was evaluated using a standardized magnitude estimation procedure and constructing an individual psychophysical function for each trial. The data were fit equally well by either a straight line (Y = mX + b) or a power function (Y = mXa + b). Using the line fit and distribution insensitive conservative statistical tests, the effect of each treatment was compared to baseline and the treatments were compared to each other. In randomized, double-blind trials we found reliable effects of both aspirin (p less than 0.001) and placebo (p less than 0.001) but no difference (p = 0.08) between these two treatments. However, on an individual basis, 12 of 17 subjects displayed a larger analgesic response to aspirin than to placebo (p less than 0.05).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010919	Placebos	Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol.	Sham Treatment
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D012044	Regression Analysis	Procedures for finding the mathematical function which best describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In linear regression (see LINEAR MODELS) the relationship is constrained to be a straight line and LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS is used to determine the best fit. In logistic regression (see LOGISTIC MODELS) the dependent variable is qualitative rather than continuously variable and LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS are used to find the best relationship. In multiple regression, the dependent variable is considered to depend on more than a single independent variable.	Regression Diagnostics,Statistical Regression,Analysis, Regression,Analyses, Regression,Diagnostics, Regression,Regression Analyses,Regression, Statistical,Regressions, Statistical,Statistical Regressions
D002986	Clinical Trials as Topic	Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.	Clinical Trial as Topic
D003788	Dental Pulp Diseases	Endodontic diseases of the DENTAL PULP inside the tooth, which is distinguished from PERIAPICAL DISEASES of the tissue surrounding the root.	Dental Pulp Disease,Disease, Dental Pulp,Diseases, Dental Pulp,Pulp Disease, Dental,Pulp Diseases, Dental
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000698	Analgesia	Methods of PAIN relief that may be used with or in place of ANALGESICS.	Analgesias