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Recent Examples of wonder drugWaksal had been tipped that the FDA was not going to approve his wonder drug.—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 With the entire world plunged into panic about a popular wonder drug that’s about to start killing people, Axel and Lazarus’ other operatives are the only people who might be able to find a solution.—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024 The blockbuster medications have been hailed as wonder drugs for their profound effects on diabetes and weight loss, but a growing number of doctors are concerned that the medications are triggering or worsening eating disorders in some people.—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 31 July 2024 Photo: David Yellen The first great wonder drug was insulin, the blood-sugar-regulating hormone that was isolated in Canada nearly a century ago.—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug
But the science is clear that the miracle drug of our daily behaviors is already available to us.
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Arianna Huffington,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Pharmaceutical innovations, for example, have produced miracle drugs, but many of these therapies cost six figures and remain inaccessible to many Americans.
Taking magnesium at the same time as some other medications (such as antibiotics or bone-strengthening medications called bisphosphonates) can interfere with their absorption.
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Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
2 Oct. 2025
This means patients may be able to avoid years of medications, invasive surgeries, or lengthy downtime.
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