How to Use prescription drug in a Sentence

prescription drug

noun
  • By the way, prescription drug prices have risen a mere 2.2% in the last year.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 May 2022
  • PBMs were created in the 1960s as a way to process prescription drug claims.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Who's out there fighting for you and trying to lower your prescription drug prices?
    ABC News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • In the House, Mr. Welch, 75 years old, was known as one of the most vocal proponents of lowering prescription drug prices.
    Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Look, this past week, this movement to reduce prescription drug prices, that's going to help Democrats.
    ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • One of your doctors may have fallen out of network or your prescription drug prices may have gone up.
    CBS News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • One of your doctors could have fallen out of network or your prescription drug prices might have gone up.
    Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The point of prescription drugs is to help people improve their quality of life.
    Anna Yeo, STAT, 12 June 2024
  • Democrats hope their new health care, tax and climate law begins to rein in soaring prescription drug prices.
    Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The risk of drug interactions and side effects is even greater among the many older adults who take prescription drugs.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Both described how high-cost prescription drugs hurt the ability of their members to live healthy lives.
    Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In May 2020, Tatum O’Neal suffered a massive stroke caused by a prescription drug overdose.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
  • In 2022, the prescription drug that accounted for the biggest share of Medicare Part D spending was the blood thinner Eliquis.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • This could be a big turning point for Floridians who are shelling out thousands a year in prescription drug costs.
    Sun Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Which prescription drugs will have their prices reduced?
    C. A. Bridges, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • At least one hit was for a prescription drug used to remove excess iron from the body that can cause serious side effects.
    Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Sanders has made tackling the costs of prescription drugs a priority in 2023.
    Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
  • The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 July 2024
  • Modafinil is a prescription drug that can treat narcolepsy.
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And nowhere is this more evident than in prescription drug pricing.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 21 May 2024
  • Goldstein died a year later from a prescription drug overdose.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Weighing the prospects In my view, the government’s efforts to cut prices for prescription drugs that Part D enrollees obtain are a step in the right direction.
    Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In the kitchen, volunteers were busy cleaning the prescription drug containers.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Biden took credit for lowering prescription drugs, and capping the cost of insulin for seniors on Medicare to $35 a month.
    Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Many bills have been filed in the past few years to focus solely on lowering prescription drug prices, but none have been successful.
    Janelle Lutgen, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The bill includes the biggest investment ever in the US to fight climate change and a cap on out of pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in Medicare.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Your costs will depend on your insurance choices, your health, your prescription drugs and your city.
    Kate Ashford Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The proposal would ban price-gouging practices on groceries and food, cap prescription drug prices and provide tax credits and benefits to buoy families and first-time home buyers.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024

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