overmedication
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From over- + medication.
Noun
[edit]overmedication (countable and uncountable, plural overmedications)
- (medicine) Excessive medicating; overuse of medication
- 2008 January 15, Jane E. Brody, “A Stable Life, Despite Persistent Dizziness”, in New York Times[1]:
- This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system.