medication
noun
the use or application of medicine.
overmedication
-
a word derived from
medication.
Example Sentences
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But the same mandates that have increased access to mental-health care have made overdiagnosis and overmedication the path of least resistance for a generation of clinicians and patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Kennedy, the secretary of Health and Human Services, sees them as a major symbol of the country’s overmedication.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025
He sighed: "There's very little treatment outside of medication — or overmedication, as I call it."
From Salon ● May 9, 2023
“The overmedication of racehorses is cultural and needs a course correction,” Jim Gagliano, the president and chief operating officer of the Jockey Club, the oldest horse-racing organization in the U.S., said recently.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2020
Mercury News on legislation addressing the overmedication of foster children:
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2016
