How to Use prescription in a Sentence

prescription

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  • I have to pick up my prescription.
  • The drug is only sold with a prescription.
  • One of the more common prescriptions is Leqembi, which works to break apart some of the amyloid in the brain.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Health, 6 June 2024
  • There’s also an option to add a prescription lens, but this bumps the price up to $448.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Oral isotretinoin: This is a prescription oral retinoid that can help shrink oil glands that cause Fordyce spots.
    — Carley Millhone, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
  • So, who is looking out for the prescription needs of patients?
    — Jon Stojan, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • None of them asked for a prescription for sleeping pills.
    — Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Here are the five types of social prescription and when to use them, according to Hotz.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Warn your kids: 6 out of 10 fake prescription pills are laced with fentanyl.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • In the States, prescription medicine is handled like a business.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The median age of a man filling a testosterone prescription in the U. S. is 53.
    — Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The label for Plan B had not changed since 2006, when the drug was switched from a prescription medication to over-the-counter.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Patients were unable to fill prescriptions, and providers could not get paid for care.
    — Reed Abelson, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • But this is the first birth control pill that has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Hoard is looking forward to getting a prescription for the new drug.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • By this point, a doctor had given her a prescription for Xanax.
    — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • And the pill will only be able to help people who get a diagnosis and prescription in the first place.
    — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Spayd knew that her prescriptions were killing people, Tansey said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
  • Steinman adds over-the-counter heartburn drugs, as well as insomnia prescriptions, to the list.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The basic problem is that, for many people, getting a prescription filled is still very much up to chance.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • What are some other ways to boost testosterone to help ED without a prescription?
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t get caught attempting to watch your 4K TV without a prescription that can see it.
    — Chris Gallagher, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
  • And often, as was the case with imatinib, the $800 leukemia drug, the discounts still don’t make the cost of a regular prescription affordable for the consumer.
    — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Note this is for appointments only and not for the prescriptions themselves.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • People are waiting for their checks to buy groceries, to fill prescriptions.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • More brains and less brawn probably isn’t a prescription for box-office success for a movie like this.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
  • The over-the-counter contraceptive does not require a prescription.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Sometimes the best healing prescription may be to simply giggle like an 8-year-old.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Over the past several years, potentially fatal doses of fentanyl have been found in samples of fake prescription pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine.
    — Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Musk has spoken openly in the past about his use of prescription Ketamine, an anesthetic that has gained interest from doctors and researchers for its potential to treat depression and anxiety.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024

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