medicate

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Unfortunately, alpha-synuclein has proven an especially challenging protein to medicate due to its unruly, disorganized form and lack of clear druggable structures, Disney added.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

But even after getting a diagnosis, Hutchings says the response was to "medicate someone, put them in the corner, and hope they get 'better.'"

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2023

In Huxley’s novel, people are addicted to entertainment and medicate themselves with the fictional drug “soma.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

Mr Stanton added that if people had flu to try and manage it at home and medicate, and only go into hospital if it was an absolute emergency.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023

“I’m angry! Why can’t you let me be angry? Why do you have to medicate away everything I feel?”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman