on prescription
idiom
British
: by having a written message from a doctor that officially tells one to use a medicine, therapy, etc.
The drug is only available on prescription.
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Pharmacy benefit managers and other middlemen claim roughly half of every dollar spent on prescription drugs in this country.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on prescription drugs, injectables, transfusions and other medications every year through Medicare, which covers nearly 70 million older Americans.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
At first glance, the federal government’s price controls on prescription drugs, introduced under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), may seem like a win for patients facing high medication costs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Pharmaceutical experts warn patients will likely eventually see higher prices and possibly some shortages if President Donald Trump follows through on his vow to assess tariffs on prescription drug imports.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on prescription drugs, injectables, transfusions and other medications every year through Medicare, which covers nearly 70 million older Americans.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
At first glance, the federal government’s price controls on prescription drugs, introduced under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), may seem like a win for patients facing high medication costs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Pharmaceutical experts warn patients will likely eventually see higher prices and possibly some shortages if President Donald Trump follows through on his vow to assess tariffs on prescription drug imports.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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“On prescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20prescription. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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