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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicines
Another key feature of UNICEF's response is humanitarian cash transfers, which allow families in Gaza to buy food, clothing, medicines and other essentials when goods are available in the marketplace.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Young caregivers have always been there, doing all the same things that adults do — helping people get dressed, charting symptoms and medicines, dealing with doctors and bills.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
As one example, dozens of states are passing legislation that expands the role of pharmacists to prescribe certain medicines.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Americans, by contrast, had access to 85 percent of those new medicines.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The British government also rations access to cutting-edge medicines.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Now, the federal government has identified Lupron as one of the medicines that has seen its price rise faster than inflation — meaning its manufacturer owes rebates to Medicare under President Joe Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Less than 6 in 10 new medicines that hit the market between 2012 and 2021 were available in Britain as of October 2022.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
For New Yorkers taking these medicines, the impact is life-changing.
—Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Young caregivers have always been there, doing all the same things that adults do — helping people get dressed, charting symptoms and medicines, dealing with doctors and bills.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
As one example, dozens of states are passing legislation that expands the role of pharmacists to prescribe certain medicines.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Americans, by contrast, had access to 85 percent of those new medicines.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The British government also rations access to cutting-edge medicines.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Now, the federal government has identified Lupron as one of the medicines that has seen its price rise faster than inflation — meaning its manufacturer owes rebates to Medicare under President Joe Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Less than 6 in 10 new medicines that hit the market between 2012 and 2021 were available in Britain as of October 2022.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
For New Yorkers taking these medicines, the impact is life-changing.
—Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicines. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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