How to Use medication in a Sentence

medication

noun
  • Her illness has not responded to medication.
  • He stopped taking his medications.
  • The company has developed a new allergy medication.
  • Take medication to speed the process and pass the tissue out at home.
    — Megan Turchi, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Took them to the vet the next day and started their medication.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At this point, Mayo had been off her medication for two weeks.
    — Sarah Boden, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These medications do more than just hitting two birds with one stone.
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Bray says parents shouldn’t have to work so hard to find medications.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There are medications people can take to slow down the virus, but there's no cure.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Not the same way medications are.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The plan should be signed by the provider and kept in the child’s classroom file with their medication.
    — Rhonda Conner-Warren, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The medications have also been used for weight loss.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But so is the cost of what the country spends on blood pressure medication.
    — jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Pick up all mail-order medications right away to keep them out of the weather.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2024
  • That is not something that needs to be done to safely take these medications.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • Add the medication strength and choose Unit.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Capsules are medications that are held in either a hard or soft shell.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Certain medications may play a role as well.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The two-time all-star is on medication for the issue and is making steady progress.
    — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2022
  • Click Search by name Type the medication in the search bar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ensure pets are up-to-date on medications.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Like food and medication, our gadgets are only good for so long.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Many medications can help treat high blood pressure.
    — Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Those who quit the medications for six months saw slightly higher risk.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Toward the end of my four-month-long manic episode, my medication was changed.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
  • If a new medication is to blame, switching drugs can sometimes help.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The price cuts won't have any effect on consumers who pay cash for their weight-loss medications.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • What about those of you taking medication for a heart ailment?
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The landscape of oral medication options for hair loss hasn’t changed very much over the past few decades.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The site launched with more than 40 medications.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026

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