Definition: 1. Issue commands or orders for. 2. To say what should be done or how something should be done.
Use 'prescribe' in a sentence:
1. I'm going to prescribe some medicine.
2. But pediatricians do not consistently prescribe vitamin drops.
3. Though few comprehensive studies have been conducted, one by the University of Washington investigated how drug sample availability affected what physicians prescribe.
4. We don't prescribe a particular order.
5. The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s.
6. Ask your doctor to prescribe a medicine to help prevent allergies.
7. By prescribing nutritional changes or launching programs such as ‘ Shop with your Doc', they are trying to prevent, limit or even reverse disease by changing what patients eat.
8. Therapists cannot prescribe drugs as they are not necessarily medically qualified.
9. The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age.
10. Books must be kept according to a prescribed form.
11. I was prescribed drugs to control seizures.
12. We are refusing to prescribe this medication.
13. An old man finding himself ill sent for a physician, who prescribed for him and went away.
14. To combat filariasis, health workers usually prescribe DEC tablets.
15. Alliott told Singleton he was passing the sentence prescribed by law.
16. The punishments for robbery and murder are prescribed in the penal code.
17. The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
18. A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that 'small' is the operative word.
19. Physicians who have been on the job for several hours, for example, are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to patients when it's unwise to do so.
20. In fact, SOA in itself does not prescribe how it should be achieved.
21. He cannot prescribe anything.
22. Your doctor may prescribe a course of antibiotics.
23. They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
24. I will prescribe you some medicine for it to make you feel better.
25. If these do not work, they may prescribe cigarettes.
26. "I've been the recipient of golf balls from one company and I use them, but it doesn't make me prescribe their medicine," says one doctor.
27. We prescribe what we do in accordance with our own laws.
28. Take her in hand and prescribe for her, but let her get well before I send her back.
29. For example, the customers for a new pharmaceutical product can include the doctors who prescribe it, the patients who take it and the insurers who pay for it.
30. The doctor prescribed some pills for me.
31. Your dentist can prescribe a stronger concentration of fluoride in a gel, toothpaste or rinse if you need it.
32. They are generally not licensed to prescribe drugs or trained to perform surgery.
33. If your urine specimen shows the presence of bacteria, you'll be prescribed antibiotics.
34. Since physicians have the final say as to whether to prescribe a medication for a patient, the objection provides no grounds for concern.
35. She stopped taking the prescribed medications.
36. Salespeople like Schaefer walk the line between the common practice of buying a prospect's time with a free meal, and bribing doctors to prescribe their drugs.
37. She says: "I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow."
38. The syllabus prescribes precisely which books should be studied.
39. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe it liberally to the children in their care.
40. The doctor prescribed a complete rest of one week.
41. Please prescribe some medicine for the burn.
42. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
43. He agreed to prescribe the drugs that would end her life on Friday.
44. You will have to find another doctor who will prescribe this for you.
45. He may be able to prescribe you something for that cough.
46. He was examined again and then prescribed a different herbal medicine.
47. Pharmacists are required by law to give the medicine prescribed by the doctor.
48. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.
49. Whatever regimen has been prescribed should be rigorously followed.
50. Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics.
51. The physician may prescribe but not administer the drug.
52. Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety.
53. The prescribed form must be completed and returned to this office.
54. If the test is positive, a course of antibiotics may be prescribed.
55. Police regulations prescribe that an officer's number must be clearly visible.
56. Doctors sometimes prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
