prescribe

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The guidelines prescribe LDL goals based on scan scores.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

When we prescribe these drugs to patients whose endogenous GLP-1 system is functioning normally, we are not filling a deficit.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

GPs across the country have been told to prescribe antibiotics to anyone who visited the nightclub from 5 to 7 March, plus students from the University of Kent.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Doctors generally prescribe the drug only when other options have failed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

“No. It was very curious. He complained that he felt as if there were long pieces of straw stuck in his throat. When I told the doctor he was able to prescribe the proper medication.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri