miracle drug
noun
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug
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At least in Death Becomes Her, the miracle drug worked for them in real time.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Set in the year 2052, the futuristic series concerns a miracle drug that has cured all disease, but three years after its integration into everyday life, the scientist who created it reveals that the medicine has shortened the life spans of all who have taken it — and their death is imminent.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Sleaze and others repeatedly saved by naloxone also describe a dark side to the miracle drug.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
The bimonthly intravenous infusion was a miracle drug to me.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Set in the year 2052, the futuristic series concerns a miracle drug that has cured all disease, but three years after its integration into everyday life, the scientist who created it reveals that the medicine has shortened the life spans of all who have taken it — and their death is imminent.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Sleaze and others repeatedly saved by naloxone also describe a dark side to the miracle drug.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
The bimonthly intravenous infusion was a miracle drug to me.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Miracle drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miracle%20drug. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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miracle drug
noun
mir·a·cle drug
ˈmir-ə-kəl- 
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition
called also wonder drug
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