overmedicate
/ˌoʊvərˈmɛdɪkeɪt/
verb
- To give or take too much medication, especially more than is medically necessary or safe.
- Some elderly patients are overmedicated because they see multiple specialists.
- Doctors warn that parents should not overmedicate children for minor colds.
- She decided to stop taking the sleeping pills because she didn't want to overmedicate herself.