on prescription
idiom
British
: by having a written message from a doctor that officially tells one to use a medicine, therapy, etc.
The drug is only available on prescription.
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These platforms can also help save patients money—by cutting middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers, which claim roughly half of the money spent on prescription drugs, out of the supply chain.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Compare that with the FDA panel’s data-heavy discussion, which focused almost entirely on prescription hormone therapies and zeroed in on pharmacokinetics, delivery mechanisms (like transdermal vs. oral estrogen) and long-term safety outcomes.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 July 2025
Tariffs on European and Japanese medicines would harm Americans who rely on prescription drugs.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, expanded clean energy subsidies and health insurance subsidies for the middle class, and paid for the changes partly with reductions on prescription drug prices.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Compare that with the FDA panel’s data-heavy discussion, which focused almost entirely on prescription hormone therapies and zeroed in on pharmacokinetics, delivery mechanisms (like transdermal vs. oral estrogen) and long-term safety outcomes.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 July 2025
Tariffs on European and Japanese medicines would harm Americans who rely on prescription drugs.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, expanded clean energy subsidies and health insurance subsidies for the middle class, and paid for the changes partly with reductions on prescription drug prices.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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“On prescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20prescription. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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