prescription drug

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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for prescription drug 
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Authorities searched the residence of a co-conspirator the same day, reportedly finding two firearms, a drum magazine, ammunition, about two kilograms of cocaine, drug packaging material and about $12,000.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The undercover operation led by the Folsom Police Department involved 11 law enforcement agencies and targeted the distribution of fentanyl and drugs in early November.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Ten botanicals, including white turmeric, almond, wormwood flowers, and bergamot.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Vasquez said he was also contacted by Yancy’s cell mate, who told him that Yancy was not getting his medicine and had seizures while in custody.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Kanna Kanna is a succulent plant from South Africa and is considered traditional medicine that’s been used for hundreds of years.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Guard member was apologetic as people kept coming up, begging to get medication, clothes and insurance papers from their homes.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Treatment generally involves rest, plenty of fluids, and over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen to ease pain and fever.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Young Democrats show Jeffersonian flair Youth for youth’s sake is not a panacea — for example, Republicans Matt Gaetz and Carolina Amesty are hardly lodestars for political emulation.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Decades ago, much of the nation believed that moderate drinking was harmless, and that red wine, in particular, might be a panacea.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025

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