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We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level.
James Lankford

Meaning of "overmedication" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERMEDICATION

overmedication  [ˌəʊvəˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERMEDICATION

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Overmedication is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OVERMEDICATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overmedication

Overmedication is an inappropriate medical treatment that occurs when a patient takes unnecessary or excessive medications. This may happen because the prescriber is unaware of other medications the patient is already taking, because of drug interactions with another chemical or target population, because of human error, because of undiagnosed medical conditions or because of conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical industry, creating-over promotion causing widespread unnecessary use of a specific medicine, or unnecessary dosage of a medicine, due to excessive profit motives in the pharmaceutical industry. This is also sometimes described as the commercialization of medicine. Overmedication can also occur when consumers take more medication than is prescribed or as labeled on over-the-counter products—either intentionally or unintentionally—or when consumers unknowingly take both prescription and nonprescription drug products containing the same active ingredients.

Definition of overmedication in the English dictionary

The definition of overmedication in the dictionary is the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERMEDICATION


allocation
ˌæləˈkeɪʃən
application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən
authentication
ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃən
certification
ˌsɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
classification
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
communication
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən
dedication
ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
education
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən
identification
aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
indication
ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃən
location
ləʊˈkeɪʃən
medication
ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
modification
ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
notification
ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
qualification
ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
relocation
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən
specification
ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən
verification
ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERMEDICATION

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overmilk
overmine
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overmodest
overmodestly

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERMEDICATION

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Synonyms and antonyms of overmedication in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «overmedication» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERMEDICATION

Find out the translation of overmedication to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overmedication from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overmedication» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过度用药
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobremedicación
570 millions of speakers

English

overmedication
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overmedication
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرط المداواة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чрезмерное лечение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overmedication
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overmedication
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surmédication
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overmedication
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Übermedikation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過剰投薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overmedication
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overmedication
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overmedication
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overmedication
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overmedication
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı ilaç verme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

medicalizzazione eccessiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overmedication
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надмірне лікування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overmedication
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερβολική χορήγηση φαρμάκων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overmedication
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overmedica
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overmedication
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overmedication

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERMEDICATION»

The term «overmedication» is normally little used and occupies the 142.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERMEDICATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overmedication

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QUOTES WITH «OVERMEDICATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overmedication.
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James Lankford
We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERMEDICATION»

Discover the use of overmedication in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overmedication and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pills & the Public Purse: The Routes to National Drug Insurance
"We shall have to realize that overmedication is not simply overconsumption of drugs," said Mark Novitch of FDA. "When the more toxic of two equally effective drugs is used, that is overmedication. When a fixed combination drug is used and  ...
Milton Silverman, Philip Randolph Lee, Mia Lydecker, 1981
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Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine
Patients with chronic theophylline overmedication are also less likely to have hypokalemia and hyperglycemia. The most striking feature of chronic theophylline overmedication is that there is no significant correlation between serum ...
Richard S. Irwin, James M. Rippe, 2008
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Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American ...
Some of their attitudes grew from social activism by med students in the early 1970s, who were concerned with overmedication and polypharmacy. ( Overmedication is the unnecessary use of medications in general; polypharmacy is the si- ...
Greg Critser, 2007
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Movement Disorders: A Guide ...
It may be that levodopa dosing adequate to restore motor function may, in vulnerable individuals, overdose the frontal cortex. This overmedication hypothesis of cognitive deficits in PD was originally proposed by Gotham et al. [ 59]. It states that ...
Paul Tuite, Alain Dagher, 2013
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Pills, Profits, and Politics
In some instances, patients have been undermedicated — that is, effective treatment was available but not prescribed, or the treatment was for too brief a period. By and large, in most countries, the problem has been viewed as overmedication.
Milton Silverman, Philip Randolph Lee, 1974
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The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your ...
One reason overmedication occurs is that the dosage required to treat acute symptoms (e.g., during hospitalization) is usually higher than the dosage required during a period of stabilization. If your relative has been maintained on the same ...
Kim T. Mueser, Susan Gingerich, 2006
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Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health:
In wealthy societies, however, these problems are in all likelihood insignificant as compared with those which can result from overmedication, largely engendered by massive promotional pressures. The problem is readily detectable in specific ...
Graham Dukes, John Braithwaite, J P Moloney, 2014
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Acute Pain Management
Safety A major complication of IV PCA therapy is respiratory depres— sion often from overmedication or use ofbasal infusions. Patient risk factors for respiratory depression with IV PCA include advanced age, head injury, sleep apnea, obesity , ...
Raymond S. Sinatra, Oscar A. de Leon-Cassasola, Brian Ginsberg, 2009
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Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?: How to Prevent ...
A veteran board-certified pharmacist cites the high number of annual deaths associated with prescription drug side effects, calling for changes in prescription practices that account for the needs of aging bodies. 75,000 first printing.
Armon B. Neel, Jr., Bill Hogan, 2013
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Bipolar Disorder the Latest Epidemic: My Personal Journey
Chapter T hirty—Eight aa OVERMEDICATION \Al ave you ever noticed that all doctors have their prescription pads at the ready always? Well, we take notice of this, and we should stand up for ourselves in this area. A doctor should not just ...
Paige Turner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERMEDICATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overmedication is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fighting For Our Veterans Starts With VA Accountability
Overmedication, secret wait lists, and backlogs of disability claims and appeals are just some of the challenges still plaguing the Department of ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
2
California Bill to Curb Psych Meds for Foster Youth Misses the Mark
... are intended to “reduce the overmedication of foster youth.” Unfortunately, the proposed fix, Senate Bill 253, centers on something virtually no ... «The Chronicle of Social Change, Jul 15»
3
Dealing with behavior of people suffering from dementia
The result is a stressful environment with frequent emergency room visits, undermedication or overmedication, guilt and inconsistent care for ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
4
Should I Take Statins? 2 New Studies Give Further Evidence In …
New guidelines, however, have been at the center of controversy, namely by those who maintain it may lead to overmedication. But two ... «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
5
In New Jersey, Undercounted Alzheimer's Cases Spur Legislative …
Allen said it could also lead to a reduction in overmedication of patients who become agitated or aggressive. In addition, not all home health ... «NJ Spotlight, Jul 15»
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Companies fined for defective syringes behind diabetic death
The overmedication was only spotted when the patient reported a “fizzing sensation”. Fortunately, the patient had no permanent after effects. «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Jul 15»
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'Remember Me,' Rita Moreno's latest, filming in Berkeley
They quickly realize that it is overmedication that is causing Gloria's confusion, not dementia, and as Gloria comes out of the fog of her meds, ... «Berkeleyside, Jul 15»
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Overmedicated into Oblivion: The Case of Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
It takes a team of health care professionals to ethically put a patient in the right place between therapeutic balance and overmedication. «Pharmacy Times, Jul 15»
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Parkinson's Support Group welcomes East County members
... freezes or the involuntary inability to move; orthostatic hypertension or dizzy spells; REM sleep disorders and the dangers of overmedication. «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
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New Label Features 10 Detachable Parts
... of Schreiner MediPharm U.S. “Among other benefits, the danger of possible overmedication is minimized – a crucial element especially when ... «packagePrinting, Jul 15»

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