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EDITOR,--Now that a solution of 50% sucrose has been shown to have analgesic properties in babies,1 I believe it is time to discard all those trials where lactose has been used as a placebo.General practitioner Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 2RG
A Ferris
- Haouari N, Wood G, Griffiths G, Levene M. The analgesic effect of sucrose in full term infants: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ 1995;310:1498-500. (10 June.)
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