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Recent Examples of prescription drug
Because of healthcare industry consolidation over the last ~20 years, the biggest PBMs are now vertically and horizontally integrated across the prescription drug supply chain.
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 25 July 2025
Wen: Hormone therapies are prescription drugs that are used to treat menopause symptoms.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
This increase in health care costs is largely due to an increase in prescription drug prices.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 16 July 2025
The tax-exempt status is one of these tools; prescription drug discounts offered under the 340B program are another.
—Joe Theine, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 25 July 2025
Wen: Hormone therapies are prescription drugs that are used to treat menopause symptoms.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
This increase in health care costs is largely due to an increase in prescription drug prices.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 16 July 2025
The tax-exempt status is one of these tools; prescription drug discounts offered under the 340B program are another.
—Joe Theine, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
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The school, which occupied a massive home that patent medicine entrepreneur and Civil War surgeon Col. George G. Green built for his daughter in 1912, was full of intact original details, like decorative tiles in the faculty bathroom, bronze sconces in the hallways and an old intercom system.—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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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
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The amount of the monthly bill may change, such as when there’s a new prescription or the plan’s deductible is met.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Still, people who take prescription doses of lithium — which were much higher than the doses used in the new study — can sometimes develop thyroid or kidney toxicity.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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For major competitions like the Wanda Diamond League, which requires event operators to run drug screening processes in line with global standards, an athlete must first pass anti-doping testing before prize money is released.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Their calls to abolish those search warrants joined the nationwide movement triggered by the 2020 police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Louisville, Kentucky, during a flawed drug investigation.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Around the pools are a hammam, steam room, ice fountain and treatment rooms for rituals combining European, Mayan and Middle Eastern elements with botanicals and advanced techniques.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Key ingredients: Hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, botanicals | Size: 2.37 oz.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
24 July 2025
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By the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, some areas of medicine, such as psychiatry, would face increasing criticism, including from social movements representing women and LGBT people.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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When Alec Flynn was in college, the comedian began using standup as a form of medicine to help with depression.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tyrion received medication to reduce inflammation for a few weeks, but there was no injury or surgery to recover from—only the need to adapt to life as a paralyzed dog.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Following a struggling young actor's return home to New Jersey after his mother dies, the film interrogates themes like mental illness, medication, growing up, and falling in love, sometimes nailing the sentiments and other times falling short.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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But there’s a problem: RAG isn’t the AI panacea that many organizations have envisioned.—
Alon Goren,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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In a world where shoppers regularly groan about the banality of modern-day shopping, Stitch Fix sought to be the panacea by offering accessible personal stylists that could design and ship outfits specific to a customer’s unique needs and preferences.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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