prescription medicine

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• prescription medicine — noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly • Syn: ↑prescription drug, ↑prescription, ↑ethical drug • Ant: ↑over the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Prescription costs — are a common health care cost for many people and also the source of considerable economic hardship for some. These costs are sometimes referred to as out of pocket prescription costs, since for those with insurance, the total cost of their… …   Wikipedia

• Prescription drug — A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over the counter drug, which can be purchased without one. The word "prescription" comes from the Latin "praescriptus" compounded from "prae", before + scribere, to… …   Medical dictionary

• Prescription abbreviations — A prescription, as is well known, is a physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. What may be less well known is that a prescription has several parts: {{}}The superscription (or heading) with the… …   Medical dictionary

• Prescription — A physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscription or heading with the symbol “R” or “Rx”, which stands for the word recipe (meaning, in… …   Medical dictionary

• medicine — medi‧cine [ˈmedsn ǁ ˈmedsn] noun industrial/​occupational medicine HUMAN RESOURCES the study of the conditions under which people work and the effects of these conditions on their health and safety: • It is known from occupational medicine… …   Financial and business terms

• prescription drug — noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly • Syn: ↑prescription, ↑prescription medicine, ↑ethical drug • Ant: ↑over… …   Useful english dictionary

• Prescription bottle — Prescription bottles are containers that contain medicine prescribed by physicians. Prescription bottles are generally found in pharmacies. ClearRx prescription bottles distributed by Target Corporation.[1] …   Wikipedia

• prescription — [prē skrip′shən, priskrip′shən] n. [ME prescripcion < L praescriptio] 1. the act of prescribing 2. something prescribed; order; direction; prescript 3. a) a doctor s written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of… …   English World dictionary

• prescription charge — [prescription charge] noun [usu pl] (in Britain) money paid (usually to a ↑chemist) for medicine supplied on the ↑National Health Service. The amount paid is the same for any medicine, and is usually less than its actual cost. Some groups, e.g.… …   Useful english dictionary

• prescription drug — ➔ drug * * * prescription drug UK US noun [C] ► a medicine that is only available with a doctor s prescription (= written instruction): »Government assistance with money for prescription drugs is already in the works …   Financial and business terms