: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription
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Health officials are working to secure more agreements with pharmaceutical companies to expand the selection of prescription drugs on the platform.—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026 In these instances, there are alternative options, like Reglan, a prescription drug used to treat GERD plus nausea and vomiting, or rectal suppositories like promethazine, that may be a better fit.—Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026 Lowering prescription drug costs is a worthy objective, and TrumpRx may be a bold approach in rhetoric, but the proposal as currently discussed leaves crucial implementation questions unanswered.—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026 Consumer websites such as GoodRx and entrepreneur Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs offer discounted prescription drugs to consumers.—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prescription drug