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The phrase "as originally prescribed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that was set or recommended in its initial form or version.
Example: "The medication should be taken as originally prescribed by the doctor to ensure its effectiveness."
Alternatives: "as initially recommended" or "as first outlined".
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The Seattle Opera produced Richard Wagner's "Ring" that summer -- the first time the cycle had ever been produced within a week's time, as originally prescribed by the Wagner family, anywhere in the United States aside from the Metropolitan.
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Nomifensine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor originally prescribed as an anti-depressant [ 60] that has been shown to reverse dopaminergic neurotoxicity [ 61- 63] and to have beneficial effects in Parkinson's disease [ 64].
Originally prescribed as an antinausea agent in the 1960s, the developmental toxicity of the drug was discovered after thousands of tragic cases of skeletal appendicular malformations, microphthalmia, and fetal loss occurred in humans (Mellin and Katzenstein 1962).
It came just two weeks after Preece had received an earlier prescription for opioids originally prescribed for an injury as a coal miner after he was caught in a rock fall.
Data from 2010 were used to identify those who had switched to a drug other than the first-dispensed drug after 2009 as well as those who had a second dispensation for the drug originally prescribed.
Furthermore, in clinical practice as well as in research, the actual blood pressure achieved is often markedly higher than the targets originally prescribed [ 14], resulting in unnecessary and potentially harmful, further exposure to fluids and catecholamines [ 15].
The farm program had been originally prescribed to help poor farmers.
In the end, the mortally disillusioned woman puts herself to sleep with a poison originally prescribed by a veterinarian for an epileptic dog.
Moreover, only ~10% of newly prescribed triptan users continued to use the same triptan that was originally prescribed in a 2-year follow-up period[16, 17].
With respect to acute headache treatments, analgesic medication was stopped in all cases and paracetamol stopped in three-quarters of the children originally prescribed this treatment (Table 4).
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