prescription drugs

plural of prescription drug

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drugs
Noun
  • And last fall, the Solovievs did an about-face and declared that the pharmacy, which had been open since the 1920s, would no longer fill prescriptions — leaving the nearest drugstore a ferry ride away.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • So far this year, 17 tons of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, have been seized in the Pacific region – more than three times the total across the whole of last year, according to the Australian Federal Police.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • In January, the military government claimed the country’s largest-ever seizures of illicit drugs and drug-manufacturing equipment, taken from a total of 12 drug production sites during a series of raids in the northern part of Shan state.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • People on certain medications, older people and those who aren’t heat-acclimated are among the most at risk.
    Dorany Pineda, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • And there are more non-hormonal medications now, as well as lifestyle changes and therapy.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 30 June 2026
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“Prescription drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drugs. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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