miracle drug
Cure-all pharmaceutical treatment
A miracle drug is a medication that produces dramatic or seemingly impossible results, especially one that cures previously untreatable conditions.
The term often carries hyperbole—pharmaceutical marketing and media coverage liberally apply it to promising new treatments: Ozempic has been hailed as a miracle drug for weight loss.
A miracle drug may also be called a wonder drug.
- panaceaUniversal cure
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
- AZTHIV treatment abbreviation
- antibioticBacteria-killing medication
- magic bulletIdeal effortless remedy
cure · vaccine · silver bullet · medical breakthrough · insulin · breakthrough · elixir · game-changer · aspirin · arcanum · treatment · life-saving · FDA · recovery · pharmaceutical · prescription · off-label use · clinical trial
miracle drugplacebo
Inactive therapeutic substitute
snake oil · sugar pill · quack remedy · dud · nostrum
miracle drugpoison
Harmful ingested substance
toxin · thalidomide · carcinogen · teratogen · Agent Orange
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