pill
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HypoxyStat is taken as a pill and works by causing hemoglobin in red blood cells to bind oxygen more tightly, limiting the amount delivered to tissues.
From Science Daily
Plump quarterly payments are relatively scarce, so the fund’s top holdings cover mostly familiar ground: oil, soda, fighter jets, pills, cigarettes, and for those with the moral flexibility for it, phone service.
From Barron's
These receptors are common drug targets because they are well understood and often respond to medications that can be produced at lower cost and taken in pill form.
From Science Daily
The oldest millennials—the nation’s biggest generation—are entering their mid-40s and devouring a torrent of new supplements, lotions, pills, gels, books and podcasts devoted to menopause relief.
There’s a price war going on and Novo Nordisk recently launched a pill version, which will attract people squeamish about weekly injections.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.