| 释义 |
ˌoverpreˈscribe, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. and intr. To prescribe an excessive amount of (a drug). Hence ˌoverpreˈscribing vbl. n.; ˌoverpreˈscription.
1953Times 31 Oct. 4/3 Many doctors admitted that since the introduction of the shilling prescription they often tended to over-prescribe to save the patient coming back for an extra shilling's worth. 1967N. Lucas C.I.D. x. 138 The over-prescribing of drugs by a small number of doctors. 1968New Scientist 28 Mar. 679/2 There is the agricultural merchant who bends the regulations, there is the veterinary surgeon who over-prescribes, and finally there is the unscrupulous retail pharmacist. 1969Observer 9 Nov. 3/5 Doctors could exercise greater control by restraining themselves from over-prescribing drugs. 1970Times 4 Nov. 6 Dr. Hindmarch blames overprescription by doctors as the main source of illicit amphetamines. 1972Science 26 May 883/2 Yet physicians themselves have a sense that they, as a group, over⁓prescribe and overuse psychoactive drugs. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xi. 205 In a recent survey of 55 physicians in the Boston area, 37 felt that their fellow physicians were overprescribing sedatives. |