They're both possible. I'm not sure which one you were refering to as "the other option". I'd probably use "prescribed to", by the way.

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Which tense works best in this sentence?
A lot of parents may have been shocked to read that this stereoid (is still / is still being) prescribed for their children.
Is the other option incorrect?
They're both possible. I'm not sure which one you were refering to as "the other option". I'd probably use "prescribed to", by the way.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
It's not incorrect.Is "prescribed for" incorrect, or does it justsoundssoundin anunnatural?way?
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
I would say "is still being/getting prescribed."
Last edited by Rover_KE; 16-Jan-2017 at 09:48. Reason: Fixing typo.
Please note that I have changed your thread title and corrected your misspelling of steroid.
'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
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