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medication

[med-i-key-shuhn] / ˌmɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /




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Food and Drug Administration first approved it in 2021 as a weight-loss medication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But in the trial with 102 adults, mostly women, those who took apitegromab with their obesity medication maintained more muscle while still losing fat, body scans showed.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

During an investor call on Saturday, a Pfizer executive noted that patients and doctors now view these drugs as tools that address a chronic disease, not as a one-and-done medication.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“Well, you’ll be seeing me in a month, to check up on how the medication is treating you.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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