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Recent Examples of prescription drug
While serving as Florida's top cop, Bondi established a prescription drug monitoring program which requires opioid-prescribing clinics to register with the state and have a physician-owner.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
The president ran through his legislative and other accomplishments in the earlier part of the speech, including the passage of the infrastructure law, another aimed at boosting the semiconductor industry and another to bring down the cost of prescription drug prices.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
However, the first Trump administration did make several efforts to lower prescription drug costs.
—Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
These supplements are related to the prescription drug digoxin and have similar side effects.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
The president ran through his legislative and other accomplishments in the earlier part of the speech, including the passage of the infrastructure law, another aimed at boosting the semiconductor industry and another to bring down the cost of prescription drug prices.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
However, the first Trump administration did make several efforts to lower prescription drug costs.
—Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
These supplements are related to the prescription drug digoxin and have similar side effects.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
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Judy Shelton got a taste of patent medicine of this sort when she was mobbed out of a Federal Reserve governorship.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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In reality, Kang explains, many patent medicines contained drugs like cocaine, morphine or alcohol, giving the illusion of an immediate soothing effect.—
Jordan Friedman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Oct. 2024
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Previously, Medicare was prohibited by law from engaging in such negotiations, leaving the program vulnerable to soaring prescription costs.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, most over-the-counter eyelash serums are generally formulated at a suitable strength and do not require a prescription.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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The infamous dark web marketplace served as a global hub for illicit drug sales that prosecutors said had contributed to the death of at least six people.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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The policy was a boon for drug cartel members, who targeted asylum seekers to extort, kidnap and rape them, human rights groups say.—
Annie Correal,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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This former apothecary opened in 1792 and operating until 1933 houses herbal botanicals, old invoices and prescriptions, and tonics.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Jan. 2025
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Ten botanicals, including white turmeric, almond, wormwood flowers, and bergamot.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Commoners could look forward to a paltry thirty-five or forty years of a hardscrabble existence, without the benefit of medicine, dentistry, or a decent sewage system.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Typically, organized rings coordinate and plan thefts on a large scale, identifying high-demand merchandise with high resale value — think over-the-counter medicine, baby formula and laundry detergent, designer sunglasses, power tools and even spools of copper wire.—
Cailey Locklair,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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The coroner said the victim, who has not yet been identified, possibly took sleeping medication and passed out.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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An initial report indicated that their mother, 34, had stopped taking her mental health medication, had left her apartment, and that the children had stopped going to school, per the U.S. Marshals Service's statement.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The alternative, the panacea for that desperation if there is one, is solidarity.—
Matthew Specktor,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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Harnessing Maddow’s star power five nights a week may not prove to be a panacea for all of the network’s challenges as audiences continue to cut the cable cord, executives are banking on it to help buoy the progressive network’s viewership.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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