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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
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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
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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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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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Previously, Medicare was prohibited by law from engaging in such negotiations, leaving the program vulnerable to soaring prescription costs.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 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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Designating certain cartels as Foreign Terror Organizations Trump made good on his campaign pledge to designate certain drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move specifically aimed at groups such as MS-13 and Tren de Aragua.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
21 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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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
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The coroner said the victim, who has not yet been identified, possibly took sleeping medication and passed out.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The agency reported that the children's mother had stopped taking medication for mental health, the kids were no longer in school and that their Canton apartment was found abandoned.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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