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So, is Hovde on board with lowering prescription drug prices or not?
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D.l. Davis, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
Perry died from acute effects of the prescription drug ketamine at the age of 54, according to an autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE in December 2023.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
By contrast, Kelly said Harris would cut taxes for the middle class and make prescription drugs more affordable.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Proposition 34: Requires healthcare providers to spend 98% of their federal prescription drug discount revenue on patients.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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D.l. Davis, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
Perry died from acute effects of the prescription drug ketamine at the age of 54, according to an autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE in December 2023.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
By contrast, Kelly said Harris would cut taxes for the middle class and make prescription drugs more affordable.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Proposition 34: Requires healthcare providers to spend 98% of their federal prescription drug discount revenue on patients.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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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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By the end of the century, lithia water (water with a trace amount of lithium) was marketed as a patent medicine.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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While oxycodone and other addictive prescription painkillers kicked off the opioid epidemic in the U.S, synthetic drugs such as fentanyl have become the drug responsible for the most overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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By 2016, Arkansas had the second-highest opioid prescription rate in the nation, with 114.6 opioids being dispersed for every 100 Arkansans.Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bankroll Freddie has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on federal gun and drug charges stemming from a 2022 indictment that pegged the rapper as a gang leader, Blavity reports.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lottie Moss, who is Kate Moss' younger half-sister, was hospitalized earlier this year after misusing the drug.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The lemon flavor mingled eloquently with the eight botanicals in the absinthe giving it a refreshing, citrus spin.Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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The distillation involves macerating the botanicals and distilling them in small batches, ensuring the quality and consistency of each bottle.Rachel King, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Issues about foreign countries, travel, publishing and higher learning, as well as medicine and the law, will be of interest.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
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The chief takeaway from this study is that every bit of exercise is important, said Dr. Sean P. Heffron, an assistant professor of medicine and director of cardiovascular fitness and nutrition at New York University Langone Medical Health.Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Hawaii has the lowest rates of GLP-1 medication usage, with 0.4 percent of patients on the drugs, and 3 percent of patients with obesity taking them.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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For this reason, people taking blood pressure medications should check with their healthcare provider before taking taurine supplements.Jillian Kubala, RD, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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In politics as in much of life, panaceas don’t exist.Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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When the first draft of the human genome was unveiled, it was billed as a panacea, hiding within its code secrets that would help each and every one of us unlock a personalized health plan.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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