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Recent Examples of patent medicine
In addition, companies and drugstores exploited loopholes by creating and selling patent medicines with high alcohol content.
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David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
The classic form of medical quackery in the U.S. market was patent medicine — basically useless concoctions made mainly of alcohol and morphine, sometimes containing downright damaging ingredients like lead and arsenic.
—Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Who wouldn’t be thrilled by a single pill that could fix every unrelated malady? Pink Pills for Pale People were a ubiquitous patent medicine and thus a constant target for criticism.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2021
The patent medicine industry would not fully collapse until the 1930s.
—Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
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David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
The classic form of medical quackery in the U.S. market was patent medicine — basically useless concoctions made mainly of alcohol and morphine, sometimes containing downright damaging ingredients like lead and arsenic.
—Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Who wouldn’t be thrilled by a single pill that could fix every unrelated malady? Pink Pills for Pale People were a ubiquitous patent medicine and thus a constant target for criticism.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2021
The patent medicine industry would not fully collapse until the 1930s.
—Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patent medicine
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Medicare officials announced the selection yesterday of the second round of 15 top-selling prescription drugs for price negotiations, as part of a program established by the Inflation Reduction Act and signed into law by President Biden in 2022.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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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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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This is being addressed more and more by medical schools, as young doctors are now encouraged to examine their patients in the context of their patients’ lives, in a discipline called narrative medicine.—
Alessandra Hirsch,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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Subsequent research has suggested that the benefits of the drug outweigh risks, especially for younger perimenopausal women.—
Scarlett Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Patent medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicine. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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