Answer: PLACEBO

AnswerCrossword Clue
PLACEBOIt should have no effect
PLACEBOMedicament sans medicine.
PLACEBOPill for hypochondriacs
PLACEBOInert medicament
PLACEBOPhony medicine
PLACEBOA person may be taken in by taking it
PLACEBOPart of a test, maybe
PLACEBOPart of many a test
PLACEBOTest control
PLACEBOSalk control factor.
PLACEBOIt works as long as you don't know it shouldn't
PLACEBOControl-group handout
PLACEBOInnocuous medication
PLACEBOFaux medicine
PLACEBOPill for a pill?
PLACEBOPill in experimental studies
placeboa medicine given to humour a patient
placebopill containing no medication, given to reassure a patient or as a control in testing a drug
PLACEBODrug trial staple
PLACEBOControl substance
PLACEBOControl group handout
PLACEBOControversial testing component
PLACEBOSugar pill, say
PLACEBOMedical test control substance
PLACEBOControl group's pill
PLACEBOPart of many a drug test
PLACEBOPill with no intended effect
PLACEBOMedicine-free medicine
PLACEBOMedically ineffectual treatment
PLACEBOSugar pill
PLACEBOClinical-trial need
PLACEBOControl-group dose
PLACEBOMeans of rigorous control
PLACEBOClinical-trial staple
PLACEBOClinical trial offering, perhaps
PLACEBOIt might have an effect