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"is being prescribed" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is in the passive voice form of the verb "to prescribe," meaning that someone is receiving or being given a prescription for medication or treatment. Example: The doctor said the new medication was being prescribed for my headaches.
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Already, though, there are reports that the drug is being prescribed to men who may not fit these criteria.
Similarly, a literacy hour is being prescribed by a taskforce on the teaching of reading and writing.
Given that range, some people taking generics will get less of the drug and some will get more than is being prescribed.
And the same remedy is being prescribed: by 2013 all teenagers will have to continue in education or training until age 17, and by 2015 until 18.
"Many developing countries are likely to be cut out of that exchange because they do not have the capacity to ensure the confidentiality that is being prescribed," Spoors says.
According to a 2005 article in The Journal of the American Medical Association, human growth hormone is being prescribed to tens of thousands of people each year at anti-aging or "age management" facilities like Savage's.
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How many children are being prescribed the drug is difficult to quantify from official data.
"There are too many seniors who cannot afford the drugs that are being prescribed," she said.
There may not be enough communication among multiple doctors about what drugs are being prescribed.
Some children are being prescribed asthma drugs which they do not need.
Kate Fallon, chief executive of the Association of Educational Psychologists, said medicines were being prescribed by "harassed paediatricians".
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