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Recent Examples of prescription drug
Instead, prescription drug use is as much an epidemic as chronic illness.
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Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The new prescription drug cap and other changes apply to both the stand-alone Part D drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
—Julie Appleby, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
PBMs handle prescription drug plans and act as middlemen between insurance companies, drug manufacturers and pharmacies.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Ongoing disasters in health care are uncontrolled, including iatrogenic disorders, unnecessary surgeries, prescription drug abuse, and vaccine failures and injuries.
—David Marks, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The new prescription drug cap and other changes apply to both the stand-alone Part D drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
—Julie Appleby, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
PBMs handle prescription drug plans and act as middlemen between insurance companies, drug manufacturers and pharmacies.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Ongoing disasters in health care are uncontrolled, including iatrogenic disorders, unnecessary surgeries, prescription drug abuse, and vaccine failures and injuries.
—David Marks, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 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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For example, some Americans may not have a primary care doctor, thus precluding them from getting a prescription for the Covid shot.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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That means healthy adults and children who want to get the vaccine must now get a prescription outside federal recommendations.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lucy and Pickard receive treatment through intravenous (IV) ketamine therapy ‒ a legal but off-label use of the drug.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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That behavior included drug use and related incidents, and disparaging comments about series co-creator Chuck Lorre.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Goldenberg’s path to medicine began at a young age.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The substances in the reports included common household products such as pain relievers, antihistamines, cold medicines and vitamins, the study said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The medication used to treat some parasites has also been used to treat COVID-19.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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Trump on Monday demanded that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers prove that their shots have been effective, adding to his long string of comments alternately praising − and doubting the effectiveness of − the potentially life-saving medication.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Technology in the provision of educational instruction is not a panacea or substitute for live presentation.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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As the Japanese experience has shown, financial repression would offer no panacea to the United States.—
Kenneth S. Rogoff,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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