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medications

noun

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plural of medication

as in drugs

a substance or preparation used to treat disease the doctor prescribed two different medications for the infection

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Recent Examples of medications While in the clinic, behind the gee-wizardry of the modern diagnostics and next-generation medications, the practice of endocrinology remains rooted in one person telling their story and the other trying to interpret it. —

Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications. —

Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026 MEDVi’s customer support told us that brand-name medications aren’t always available through their platform. —

Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026 Common anti-anxiety medications include benzodiazepines and several non-addictive options. —

Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 20 May 2026 Payton Herres is a heart transplant recipient and patient advocate focused on improving access to lifesaving transplant medications. —

Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026 The drugs that generate the most public anger, like expensive brand-name and specialty medications, remain largely outside this expansion. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 May 2026 Important documents, medications, and valuables can be difficult or expensive to replace if they are delayed, damaged, or lost in transit. —

Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026 These patterns can indicate a shift from milder disease to more advanced stages—and may signal the need to escalate treatment, including considering systemic medications or biologics. —

Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 18 May 2026

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Gunfire broke out inside the Philippine Senate as authorities attempted to arrest a senator accused of crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs crackdown.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Up until now, the playbook has mostly been for large drugmakers to license drugs that were discovered and underwent early testing in China, or essentially take experimental drugs out of China.

— Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 15 May 2026