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pruh skrip shuhn

  • n  directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
    I tried to follow her prescription for success
  • n  a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
    he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
  • n  written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
  • n  written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
  • a  available only with a doctor's written prescription
    a prescription drug

  • PTI Magazine: Who's to blame for outrageous prescription drug costs and what we can do about it.
  • The recent recommendation by an FDA advisory panel to do away with acetaminophen-containing prescription painkillers raised many questions for consumers.
  • With prescription contraceptive prices soaring, health providers are worried female students will practice unsafe sex.
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  • Barack Obama in TheChronicleHerald.ca
    Obama said of Republicans: "Their prescription for every challenge is pretty much the same - and I don't think I'm exaggerating here: basically cut taxes for the wealthy, cut rules for corporations and cut working folks loose to fend for...
  • Jerry Brown in ABC News
    These individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose,California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown said in a statement.
  • John Rocker in International Herald Tribune
    I never had a prescription for any HGH,Rocker told ESPN Radio's "The Herd." "If somebody's got a beef to make with me, show me a prescription."

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