: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription
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Johnson hopes her son could be helped by a prescription drug called leucovorin, which may help some children who have abnormally low levels of the vitamin folate in their brains.—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026 Health insurers and employers that offer health insurance benefits use PBMs to negotiate prices and manage prescription drugs.—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 A lot of Black voters care about protecting Medicare, bringing down prescription drug prices.—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026 By doing so, Virginia would leapfrog plans by other states that are at varying stages of establishing their own prescription drug affordability boards.—Ed Silverman, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prescription drug