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prescribed

[pri-skrahybd] / prɪˈskraɪbd /


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Still, they say the association deserves attention because these medications are so frequently prescribed to people with DKD.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

After she finally sought treatment, she wrote, the medication she was prescribed flattened her — in one instance she fell asleep for hours on the set of “Nashville.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

If doctors had prescribed Sovaldi to 2.4 million people with chronic hepatitis C at the time of the launch, the cost would have exceeded $200 billion.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

By one measure, the area in Canada treated with prescribed burns annually collapsed from more than 35,000 hectares in 1990 to 182 hectares in 2023, a 99.5% decline.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The daily walk is no longer prescribed, to keep her abdominal muscles in working order.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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