How to Use prescription in a Sentence

prescription

noun
  • I have to pick up my prescription.
  • The drug is only sold with a prescription.
  • And here’s the plan: First – cut the cost of prescription drugs.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • And here’s the plan: First – cut the cost of prescription drugs.
    Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2022
  • And here’s the plan: First – cut the cost of prescription drugs.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Drugs for which Smith did not have prescription were also found in the room.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 July 2022
  • One of the more common prescriptions is Leqembi, which works to break apart some of the amyloid in the brain.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 6 June 2024
  • There’s also an option to add a prescription lens, but this bumps the price up to $448.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Feb. 2024
  • That means the $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for seniors would be gone.
    Joe Biden, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Oral isotretinoin: This is a prescription oral retinoid that can help shrink oil glands that cause Fordyce spots.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Like with the Ray-Bans, users can swap the lenses for prescription optics.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune, 20 June 2025
  • So, who is looking out for the prescription needs of patients?
    Jon Stojan, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • None of them asked for a prescription for sleeping pills.
    Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Once, Paul said he was asked to pick up Xanax without a prescription, but did not get it.
    Tracy Wright , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
  • Grapefruit warnings for prescription users might soon be a thing of the past.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Here are the five types of social prescription and when to use them, according to Hotz.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Warn your kids: 6 out of 10 fake prescription pills are laced with fentanyl.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • The planet is on the line, issues that relate to prescription drugs.
    CBS News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • In the States, prescription medicine is handled like a business.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Getting a refill of their pill prescription was the last thing on their minds, and rightly so.
    ELLE, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The median age of a man filling a testosterone prescription in the U. S. is 53.
    Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The label for Plan B had not changed since 2006, when the drug was switched from a prescription medication to over-the-counter.
    Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Patients were unable to fill prescriptions, and providers could not get paid for care.
    Reed Abelson, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • At the time of his death, the lawsuit states, a prescription for Risperidone — a drug used to treat schizophrenia — was found in LeRoux’s car.
    Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But this is the first birth control pill that has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider.
    Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Hoard is looking forward to getting a prescription for the new drug.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • Qasem Hassan held her hand, which was trembling, and wrote out a prescription for her.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • By this point, a doctor had given her a prescription for Xanax.
    Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • And the pill will only be able to help people who get a diagnosis and prescription in the first place.
    WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Millions of seniors have been forced to pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs—three times the prices in other countries.
    WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022

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