as in medications
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicines
The sanctions have caused shortages of medicines, equipment, fuel, food and electricity as well as outbreaks of diseases that were previously prevented.
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Mark Weisbrot, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Afreximbank, Africa’s main multilateral trade-finance lender, rolled out a $10 billion emergency program for countries scrambling to pay for fuel, fertilizer, and medicines after the Middle East conflict disrupted shipping and pushed up prices.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Two more drugmakers, AbbVie and Genentech, will officially start selling their medicines on the TrumpRx website, CBS News tells us.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
But the medicines or treatments for malnutrition will expire, Kitchen says.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
The administration rolled out a new website, TrumpRx, in February aimed at helping Americans buy medicines at lower prices.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Sarmant said the legislation has raised fears among transgender people that they could be denied permission to legally purchase necessary medicines.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Those are given as weekly injections and, along with rival drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, have transformed weight-loss and diabetes treatment, with millions of people taking the medicines.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Sleep medications; muscle relaxants; antipsychotic medicines, and antiseizure drugs, all of which may reduce alertness or coordination.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Mark Weisbrot, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Afreximbank, Africa’s main multilateral trade-finance lender, rolled out a $10 billion emergency program for countries scrambling to pay for fuel, fertilizer, and medicines after the Middle East conflict disrupted shipping and pushed up prices.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Two more drugmakers, AbbVie and Genentech, will officially start selling their medicines on the TrumpRx website, CBS News tells us.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
But the medicines or treatments for malnutrition will expire, Kitchen says.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
The administration rolled out a new website, TrumpRx, in February aimed at helping Americans buy medicines at lower prices.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Sarmant said the legislation has raised fears among transgender people that they could be denied permission to legally purchase necessary medicines.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Those are given as weekly injections and, along with rival drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, have transformed weight-loss and diabetes treatment, with millions of people taking the medicines.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Sleep medications; muscle relaxants; antipsychotic medicines, and antiseizure drugs, all of which may reduce alertness or coordination.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicines
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The defense has noted that Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, had been prescribed 15 medications in the months prior for her postpartum depression.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
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While cholera hasn't yet reached that crisis point, the bacteria’s ability to adapt means current medications could eventually become useless, experts warn.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Partly that’s due to recently winning the Lasker Award, considered the most prestigious honor in medical research, but also because there’s just enough distance from the drugs his research helped produce to want to put words to the arc.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Inside the backpack was an Ibuprofen bottle which contained four Alprazolam pills and one Oxycodone pill — both of which are Schedule II drugs that require a prescription, per the report.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Florida has vigorously fought any effort to force health administrators to pay for additional in-home nursing, or to implement other remedies that might reduce the state’s reliance on institutions.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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This all comes down to the idea that rights aren’t really rights without remedies.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicines. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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