patent medicine

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Recent Examples of patent medicine His point was that the pills — a patent medicine used as a laxative — and the other three would all reliably deliver for the poor folks of the Mountain State. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025 But one American industry is still keeping the spirit of patent medicine alive: dietary supplements. Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025 Judy Shelton got a taste of patent medicine of this sort when she was mobbed out of a Federal Reserve governorship. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 In reality, Kang explains, many patent medicines contained drugs like cocaine, morphine or alcohol, giving the illusion of an immediate soothing effect. Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patent medicine
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Noun
  • Now, Cuban is focused on his prescription drug venture Cost Plus Drugs and co-owning the Dallas Mavericks.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The president also said health officials will advocate using the prescription drug leucovorin, also known as folinic acid, as a possible treatment for those with autism.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tylenol wasn't widely used until 1950, when Tylenol Elixir for Children, a prescription medication at first, was promoted as an aspirin substitute, according to Tufts University School of Medicine.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Two years ago, Australia legalized prescriptions of MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and treatment-resistant depression.
    Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Half-Mile Farm is also home to Serenity Spa which provides massages and therapies based on botanicals from their garden.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The spa, built between mammoth-sized granite boulders, offers Guerlain rituals infused with native botanicals, while the resort’s five restaurants run the gamut from fine French to Mediterranean, pan-Asian, and Creole comfort food.
    Chris Schalkx, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, caffeine is made synthetically, as is the case for different types of products, including pain relievers, medicines, and beverages such as energy drinks.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Among the other steps is pursuing tougher price negotiations abroad and adopting models that sell its medicines directly to consumers or businesses.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump said just last week that patented and branded drugs would face 100% levies unless companies build plants domestically.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The initial focus was to build cases against gang bosses on racketeering, terrorism and drug charges and extradite them to the United States.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Patent medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicine. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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