Dummy drug containing no active ingredient (7)

I believe the answer is:

placebo

(Other definitions for placebo that I've seen before include "harmless drug" , "False medication, psychologically applied" , "Fake drug" , "Medicine with no therapeutic effect" , "Pill with no medicinal content" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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