overmedication
- a word derived from medication.
Example Sentences
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But psychiatric overdiagnosis creates an even more serious problem: overmedication.
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
This may come as a surprise - and shockingly simple - to a lot of people, especially in an age filled with health issues ranging from rising obesity to overmedication of our problems.
From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2018
