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Recent Examples of wonder drug
The wonder drug that still has everyone talking is the GLP-1 franchise owned by Eli Lilly , its popular weight-loss treatment Zepbound and type-2 diabetes drug Mounjaro.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
Waksal had been tipped that the FDA was not going to approve his wonder drug.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
With the entire world plunged into panic about a popular wonder drug that’s about to start killing people, Axel and Lazarus’ other operatives are the only people who might be able to find a solution.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
The blockbuster medications have been hailed as wonder drugs for their profound effects on diabetes and weight loss, but a growing number of doctors are concerned that the medications are triggering or worsening eating disorders in some people.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
Waksal had been tipped that the FDA was not going to approve his wonder drug.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
With the entire world plunged into panic about a popular wonder drug that’s about to start killing people, Axel and Lazarus’ other operatives are the only people who might be able to find a solution.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
The blockbuster medications have been hailed as wonder drugs for their profound effects on diabetes and weight loss, but a growing number of doctors are concerned that the medications are triggering or worsening eating disorders in some people.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonder drug
Noun
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Pharmaceutical innovations, for example, have produced miracle drugs, but many of these therapies cost six figures and remain inaccessible to many Americans.—
Michael Johnson,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Jurassic World Rebirth focuses on a pharmaceutical company’s attempts to harvest dinosaur blood as part of an attempt to create a miracle drug.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
1 July 2025
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In older adults, the drug can stay in the body for up to 18 hours, resulting in lingering sleepiness, disorientation and increasing risk of falling.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Once the drugs were administered, Zakrzewski began breathing deeply, surrounded by three prison staffers in dark suits.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pain control: Give your loved one their pain medications as prescribed, and call their doctor if the pain seems uncontrolled.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
3 Aug. 2025
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Besides pain medications to relieve symptoms as well as antibiotics to treat infections, hydroxyurea—a bone marrow suppressive agent that decreases red blood cell production—can be used to reduce the frequency of painful episodes.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While his diagnosis of overfull streets is correct, his remedy of higher parking requirements is akin to the patient demanding surgical expansion of his stomach to address his obesity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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All of these responses misdiagnose the order’s deepest illness and thus prescribe the wrong remedy.—
STACIE E. GODDARD,
Foreign Affairs,
28 July 2025
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There is no current cure for CTE, and it can only be diagnosed posthumously.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Currently, there's no cure for Huntington's, but certain medications, diet changes, and exercise can temporarily manage symptoms.2 Huntington’s Disease Symptoms The symptoms of Huntington’s disease get progressively worse with time.—
Janelle McSwiggin,
Health,
27 July 2025
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“Wonder drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder%20drug. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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