as in drugs
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the discovery that the plant is a potent medicinal once it has been refined
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Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Skovronsky thinks that pills could eventually become the primary way that obesity is treated around the world, and that oral drugs could have a larger market share than injectables.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
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Tidmarsh said the committees would still be consulted on general issues like how to regulate different classes of drugs.—
Arthur Allen,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Today, tens of millions of Medicare beneficiaries rely on Part D to afford their medications.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Amen pointed out that beta blockers do not cause cravings or withdrawals like other anti-anxiety medications.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Understanding asthma medications Asthma is treated with medications, including emergency inhalers, daily long-acting inhalers, combination inhalers, which contains two or more medicines and nebulizer machines.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are different types of biologic medicines, but typically, these powerful drugs work for people with a condition like mine by blocking specific inflammatory pathways in your immune system to help control inflammation and pain.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
11 Sep. 2025
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Talk to your healthcare provider before trying herbs or natural remedies for headaches.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bailey argued in Sunday’s response that the Office of Civil Rights failed to articulate what about the gender-neutral restrooms constituted a Title IX violation and what possible remedies existed despite multiple requests by the district for further discussion.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Medicinals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicinals. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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