prescribe vs proscribe
Definitions
verb
- (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
- issue commands or orders for
- recommend as beneficial
Examples
Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
If you are anemic your health care provider may prescribe an iron supplement.
Definitions
verb
- command against
Examples
But the Law of Moses under which the Jews, as evidenced by their circumcision, are supposed to live under is very rigid and proscribes up to death for many transgressions.
Newspapers and television viewing are largely proscribed and inmates are often unable to contact their families for months.
If we were proscribed we would go underground, and anything that's underground surfaces.
