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- noun medicine Excessive
medicating ; overuse ofmedication
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Examples
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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I've explained before that I think the term "overmedication" is a misnomer, because the people who employ it tend to do so without explaining what would constitute an appropriate level of medication.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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Try to avoid overmedication, which is the main cause of falls for elderly people, and eliminate hazards in your home, such as scatter rugs and other obstacles.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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He has spoken out about the "overmedication" of American race horses and formed an owners group to press for reform.
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Nursing home abuse such as overmedication can chemically restrain older people and prevent them from living as they normally would.
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Every procedure, test, medication and hospitalization ADDS risk to your health – of infection, of complications, of overmedication, etc.
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