short-acting

British  

adjective

1. (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted Compare intermediate-acting long-acting

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Example Sentences

“I don’t know what’s going to happen with the laws in that time period,” said Abreu, who was using a short-acting form of birth control before switching.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

The lawmakers also noted that the price of two widely used short-acting insulins -- Eli Lilly's Humalog and Novo Nordisk's Novolog -- increased 585 percent and 87 percent, respectively, during the same time period.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2019

And any person who finds that they use 12 or more short-acting reliever inhalers in a year must see a doctor because it means their condition is not under control and needs other medication.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2015

And as noted earlier, basophils release heparin, a short-acting anticoagulant that also opposes prothrombin.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Since surgery, they have used short-acting drugs to put Ms. Giffords in a medical coma that they lift periodically to check on her neurological responses.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2011