overprescribed
/ˌoʊvərprəˈskraɪbd/
adjective
- Prescribed in excessive amounts or more often than necessary (of a medication or treatment).
- Antibiotics are among the most overprescribed drugs in the world.
- Many overprescribed medications end up unused in household cabinets.
- The overprescribed painkiller led to a rise in addiction cases.
Synonyms
verb
- Past tense and past participle of overprescribe.
- She overprescribed allergy medicine for a simple cold.
- They overprescribed the antibiotic without checking the patient's history.
- The doctor overprescribed the sedative, causing side effects.