An imitation treatment that looks or tastes like the real therapy but has none of its key ingredients is:

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A placebo is an imitation treatment that has no therapeutic effect, but is used in clinical trials to help assess the efficacy of a treatment. It is important to have a placebo control group to rule out the possibility that any observed effects are due to placebo effects or other confounding variables. The use of placebos is regulated by the FDA, but they are not considered to be fraudulent as long as they are used ethically and appropriately.

An Imitation Treatment That Looks or Tastes Like the Real