Preparation initially taken by sick? (4)
I believe the answer is:
pill
'preparation initially taken by sick?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'preparation initially taken by sick?' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'taken by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sick?' becomes 'ill' ('ill' can be similar in meaning to 'sick').
The initial letter of 'preparation' is 'p'.
'p'+'ill'='PILL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pill that I've seen before include "Medicinal pellet" , "may be the cure" , "Dreadful person" , "Lozenge" , "Dose of medicine" .)