prescription drug
nounDefinition of prescription drug
: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription
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The two were highlighting record usage of Ohio's prescription drug monitoring portal. — Julie Carr Smyth, Cincinnati.com, "Ohio governor: 'No doubt' drugmakers caused opioid crisis," 2 Aug. 2019 Under current law, Medicare’s main prescription drug program farms out its drug purchasing to private insurance companies, and is barred from negotiating with drugmakers directly. — Margot Sanger-katz, New York Times, "Trump Suggests Executive Order on Drug Prices, With a Scope That Is Unclear," 5 July 2019 Specifically, Leon is questioning the deal’s possible effect on competition in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "A Holdout on the CVS-Aetna Deal: Brainstorm Health," 4 June 2019 The Florida Legislature has been moving on a plan pushed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that directs the state health agency to set up a prescription drug importation program. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Importing Bad Ideas on Drug Prices," 15 Apr. 2019 Patients have faced shortages of prescription drugs. — Washington Post, "Pre-dawn food run then rush home: Kashmir under curfew," 10 Aug. 2019 Patients have faced shortages of prescription drugs. — Aijaz Hussain, BostonGlobe.com, "A pre-dawn food run then a rush home: Kashmir under curfew," 9 Aug. 2019 Senator Josh Hawley, a freshman Republican from Missouri, arrived in Washington hoping to address the high cost of prescription drugs. — New York Times, "McConnell Promised to End Senate Gridlock. Instead, Republicans Are Stuck in Neutral.," 3 Aug. 2019 Instead, Pelosi said, Democrats need to focus on smaller changes that are popular with broad swaths of the public, such as giving Dreamers a path to citizenship, reducing the cost of prescription drugs and enhancing background checks for gun sales. — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, "Nancy Pelosi rips page from Hoosier playbook amid clash with 'The Squad'," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prescription drug.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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