to overprescribe
3
6.5
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərprɪˈskaɪb/
- Specialized
:
sobredosificar
- Sociologists suspect we are witnessing the consequence of overdiagnosing ADD or ADHD and overprescribing Adderall.
- overprescribe antibiotics
- overprescribing drugs
- overprescribe narcotics
Examples
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Patients' lack of information regarding methods of diagnosis and treatment allows providers to overprescribe services or provide substandard care.
Blog text (21) -
At moments like these, she wished she hadn't tried to impress her shrink by agreeing with him that tranquilizers and antidepressants were grossly overprescribed.
Fiction book (2002) -
I do think it's overprescribed.
Blog text (6) -
It's kind of like overprescribing antibiotics.
Blog text (24) -
It's entirely possible she overprescribed stimulants.
Blog text (18) -
In many countries, injections and antibiotics are heavily overprescribed.
Academic text (2016) -
Many experts have expressed concerns that antibiotics are being overprescribed and overused, leading to unnecessary spending on prescription medicines as well as more widespread bacterial resistance to the drugs.
Blog text (27) -
The study was not designed to determine specifically whether antibiotics in the South are overprescribed, but the data point to overuse as a likely explanation, said Dr. Yuting Zhang, an author of the study and assistant professor of health economics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Blog text (27) -
Many doctors are overprescribing antibiotics, leading to increased resistance.
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Parents worry that psychotropic medications are being overprescribed to children these days.
How Often
- Specialized
3
6.5
- Specialized
146
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overprescribe combines over- 'too much' and prescribe 'to order', and it shares the same root as prescription. Think of a doctor 'writing too many prescriptions' — that's why it means giving medicine more often or in larger amounts than needed.