patent medicine

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Recent Examples of patent medicine But one American industry is still keeping the spirit of patent medicine alive: dietary supplements. Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025 Judy Shelton got a taste of patent medicine of this sort when she was mobbed out of a Federal Reserve governorship. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 In reality, Kang explains, many patent medicines contained drugs like cocaine, morphine or alcohol, giving the illusion of an immediate soothing effect. Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024 By the end of the century, lithia water (water with a trace amount of lithium) was marketed as a patent medicine. Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patent medicine
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Noun
  • Physician and clinical services were 14%, and retail prescription drugs, another 6%.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Cannabis can interact with prescription drugs, affect hormone levels and impact everything from blood pressure to sleep cycles.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Right now, the survey finds that doctors and nurses are using AI tools to identify potentially harmful drug interactions before writing a new prescription and or to write letters to patients.
    Victoria Feng, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The risk was present after six or more prescriptions were filled.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • These gins aren’t always limited to true botanicals.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • The Japanese botanicals hung together act as one piece of art, while speaking to the other hues in the room.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The Deeper Question Oregon’s SB 951, by reinforcing the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, establishes regulatory guardrails to protect the patient-physician trust, potentially curbing excesses while sparking broader debates about the limits of state oversight in complex systems.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • The array of meditative healing rituals and energy sessions, such as a medicine wheel ceremony, aura photography, past life regression session, hypnosis, and reiki, takes full advantage of local Sedona experts in these areas.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • Among this new wave is a class of drugs called nitazenes.
    Christina Lengyel, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025
  • These shots are strong inflammation-fighting drugs that are injected directly into the affected joints.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 July 2025

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“Patent medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicine. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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