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prescription

[pri-skrip-shuhn] / prɪˈskrɪp ʃən /


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The only goods and services which are exempt from GST are: financial services, insurance, postal services, medical supplies, medicines on prescription, supplies by charities, registered childcare, some burial and cremation services, and school fees.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Tea, chocolate, soda and energy drinks, as well as over-the-counter and prescription medications, can all add to a person's daily intake.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The estimate assumes the retiree is enrolled in traditional Medicare Part A and Part B, which covers most hospital care and doctor visits, as well as Part D, which covers prescription drugs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Many more people get qualified and obtain the prescription than actually take it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

My prescription, when anyone asked, was more ambitious journalism—launching the best reporters at the hardest subjects, and holding their reporting and thinking to the highest standards.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

More than 4.2 million patients in the US received prescriptions for the drug in 2023.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The trial followed a series of articles in The Wall Street Journal from 2022 to 2024 that described Done’s practices, including its fast prescriptions and how some clinicians felt pressured to hand out stimulants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, the Health Foundation, a charity, has said affluent areas of the UK see higher rates of prescriptions on average, external, despite lower obesity prevalence, based on data from one private provider.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Even Lilly has said that 80% of prescriptions for the Foundayo GLP-1 pill come through LillyDirect, its own telehealth platform, or through other telehealth services.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

The drugstore was coming in to help the doctors, but Dr. Wilde was one of the few to maintain his own dispensary and to compound his own prescriptions.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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