prescribed

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These medications are typically prescribed at higher doses for weight loss than for diabetes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Jade Boden-de Mel first experienced "unbearable" pain at 17 but says medics could not identify the cause and prescribed the contraceptive pill to manage it.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

"For decades, sprint coaching has often been based on the belief that all athletes should move in one prescribed way," says Dr. Hicks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

In the California schools where the program operates, around 70% of kids who have been prescribed glasses did not own a pair.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He was beginning to feel confident in Mr. Dacus’s intrinsic sense of justice and fair play; his fine, relaxed humor prescribed the mood in the room.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy