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Recent Examples of prescription drug
The federal agency recommends people who get traditional Medicare should also enroll in Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The move came three years after the Democrat president's signature Affordable Care Act overhauled the health insurance market and marketed plans with minimum benefits such as prescription drug coverage, emergency and maternal care.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, prescription drug use is as much an epidemic as chronic illness.
—Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The new prescription drug cap and other changes apply to both the stand-alone Part D drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
—Julie Appleby, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The move came three years after the Democrat president's signature Affordable Care Act overhauled the health insurance market and marketed plans with minimum benefits such as prescription drug coverage, emergency and maternal care.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, prescription drug use is as much an epidemic as chronic illness.
—Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The new prescription drug cap and other changes apply to both the stand-alone Part D drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
—Julie Appleby, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
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The school, which occupied a massive home that patent medicine entrepreneur and Civil War surgeon Col. George G. Green built for his daughter in 1912, was full of intact original details, like decorative tiles in the faculty bathroom, bronze sconces in the hallways and an old intercom system.—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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His point was that the pills — a patent medicine used as a laxative — and the other three would all reliably deliver for the poor folks of the Mountain State.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Feb. 2025
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But those prescriptions sound too weak to Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Trump signed a memo this week threatening to ban direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription medications, theoretically driving down pharma revenues.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Petro has scaled back efforts to target drug supply, instead trying to solve the issue through social programs.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The researchers tested their two-part drug on mice and zebrafish engineered to produce β-glucuronidase, and found that the drug was activated almost exclusively in tumors, sparing healthy tissue and organs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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Half-Mile Farm is also home to Serenity Spa which provides massages and therapies based on botanicals from their garden.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The spa, built between mammoth-sized granite boulders, offers Guerlain rituals infused with native botanicals, while the resort’s five restaurants run the gamut from fine French to Mediterranean, pan-Asian, and Creole comfort food.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
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When Best of Beauty launched in 1996, skin care was something best kept hidden behind your medicine cabinet.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the time, society considered whiskey as a suitable medicine for cancer, typhoid, and diphtheria among other illnesses.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are medications people can take to slow down the virus, but there's no cure.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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An additional part of managing the stress and emotional strain associated with cancer can be medication, such as antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications.—
Julie Scott,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Of course, these tools aren’t a panacea or a perfect solution.—
Nayaki Nayyar,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But researchers caution that ultra-high-resolution modeling is not a panacea.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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