nondrug
adjective
non·drug
ˌnän-ˈdrəg 
: not relating to, being, or employing drugs
natural, nondrug treatments
Nondrug measures such as yoga and exercise can ease depression regardless of age.—
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Though a limited number of physical therapy sessions are generally covered by insurance, coverage is rare for other nondrug approaches, despite the evidence behind them.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
The reporting resulted in this five-part series exploring the reality of pain, pain medications, nondrug alternatives for children and adults, and scientific advances offering hope for the future.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
Doctors were urged to first try other medications or nondrug options, limit opioid prescriptions for short-term pain to three days, and to prescribe the lowest effective dose possible.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2022
Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
The reporting resulted in this five-part series exploring the reality of pain, pain medications, nondrug alternatives for children and adults, and scientific advances offering hope for the future.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
Doctors were urged to first try other medications or nondrug options, limit opioid prescriptions for short-term pain to three days, and to prescribe the lowest effective dose possible.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2022
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First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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nondrug
adjective
non·drug
(ˈ)nän-ˈdrəg
: not relating to, being, or employing drugs
nondrug treatment
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