prescribe

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The BBC has spoken to a number of GPs who said they had made the "difficult decision" to prescribe antidepressants to under-18s with serious mental health problems on occasion.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Still in its first phase, Doctronic’s AI can prescribe refills of 190 medications across nine categories of medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

While those issues have improved, many physicians still hesitate to prescribe them.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

These conventions are “prescriptive rules”—rules that prescribe how one ought to speak and write in these forums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker