overprescribing
/ˌoʊvərprəˈskraɪbɪŋ/
noun
- The practice of prescribing medications in excessive amounts or more often than medically necessary.
- Experts blame overprescribing for the rise in antibiotic resistance.
- Overprescribing of opioids has become a public health crisis.
- The hospital implemented new policies to reduce overprescribing.
Synonyms
verb
- Present participle of overprescribe: the act of prescribing a medication in excessive amounts or more often than necessary.
- She was overprescribing cough syrup for a simple cold.
- The doctor is overprescribing sedatives to anxious patients.
- They are overprescribing antibiotics without proper testing.