overprescribe

English

Etymology

over- +‎ prescribe

Verb

overprescribe (third-person singular simple present overprescribes, present participle overprescribing, simple past and past participle overprescribed)

  1. (transitive) To prescribe (a drug) more frequently than appropriate.
    Antonym: underprescribe
    • 2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Painkiller’s Maker Settles Complaint”, in New York Times‎:
      The drug maker Purdue Pharma has agreed […] to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe its painkiller OxyContin.

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