overprescriptionn.
/ˌəʊvəprᵻˈskrɪpʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərpriˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌoʊvərprəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌoʊvərpərˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/ The action of prescribing a drug more often than is necessary; (also) the action of prescribing an excessive amount of a drug.
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1947 Times 7 Oct. 4/4 One of the worries of the scheme..was over-prescription, which occurred not in the field of expensive drugs, but in such prosaic things as aspirin.
1970 Times 4 Nov. 6 Dr. Hindmarch blames overprescription by doctors as the main source of illicit amphetamines.
2000 Healthy Living Feb. 58/1 Doctors around the country are encountering ‘superbugs’..partly as a result of the drugs' [sc. antibiotics] overprescription.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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