A placebo is a substance or treatment without intrinsic therapeutic value but administered as if it were a therapy, whether in medical treatment or in clinical trials.
Placebo may also refer to:
- Placebo (band), an English alternative rock band
- Placebo (Placebo album), the band's 1996 debut album
- Placebo, a Belgian jazz band fronted by Marc Moulin
- Placebo, the band's 1974 self-titled album
- Placebo (ASP album), a 2022 album by ASP
See also
- Placebo effect (disambiguation)
- Nocebo, a harmless substance that creates negative psychologically induced response in a patient