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Recent Examples of patent medicine
But one American industry is still keeping the spirit of patent medicine alive: dietary supplements.
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Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
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
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
By the end of the century, lithia water (water with a trace amount of lithium) was marketed as a patent medicine.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
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
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
By the end of the century, lithia water (water with a trace amount of lithium) was marketed as a patent medicine.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for patent medicine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patent medicine
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Digoxin Digoxin is a prescription drug used to treat heart failure and arrhythmia (irregular heart rhythm).6 The low potassium levels in the body caused by apple cider vinegar can increase the risk of digitalis toxicity, a side effect of digoxin therapy.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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Previously, Chaney had been arrested for putting stickers on Burroughs Wellcome prescription drug packages at an Osco drugstore.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Dutch, by contrast, has raised $43 million from Forerunner Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and Bling Capital to build a full-stack, AI-first telehealth platform—including its own EMR, prescription infrastructure, and direct-to-consumer membership model.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Qasem Hassan held her hand, which was trembling, and wrote out a prescription for her.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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It’s powered by desert botanicals like rose of Jericho, which hydrates and helps fight frizz while restoring shine, as well as prickly pear seed oil, which nourishes and softens the hair shaft.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
5 June 2025
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Here, guests are treated to clever use of botanicals and texture to recreate the cocktail in spirit.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Vitale, who is planning a career in medicine, received the award in New Hampshire with former Chargers coach Chris Pincince, who was let go in May after the move to Division I, there in support.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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The institutions are closely intertwined, and their histories provide invaluable insight into the way science, medicine and the human psyche were understood, diagnosed and treated in Italy at the time.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Other dangers loom as well, including reductions in disproportionate share hospital payments for safety-net hospitals, declines in medicare reimbursements, and changes in drug pricing that could negatively impact hospitals.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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In orbit, drug companies could drastically speed up a review and testing process that usually takes many years before the Food and Drug Administration approves the treatment.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
13 June 2025
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“Patent medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicine. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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