Ethical Drug (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A prescription is required to obtain an ethical drug from a pharmacy.
- The doctor wrote a prescription for an ethical drug to alleviate her patient's symptoms.
- Ethical drugs are available only by prescription and are usually purchased from a pharmacy.
- He had been prescribed the ethical drug by his doctor to treat his high blood pressure.
- The pharmacist dispensed the ethical drug to the patient after verifying her prescription.