Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To prescribe an excessive amount of a medication.
- intransitive verb To prescribe (a medication) in excess of the amount needed.
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- verb To prescribe a drug more frequently than appropriate
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bill, which passed both the House and Senate unanimously on Friday, stiffens penalties for doctors who overprescribe medication and for individuals who improperly set up pain-management clinics.
Florida Targeting 'Pill Mills' Arian Campo-Flores 2011
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Doctors who overprescribe could face six-month suspensions of their licenses and $10,000 fines.
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Meanwhile, a Florida effort to stanch the illegal flow of prescription drugs from so-called "pill mills" increases penalties on doctors who overprescribe painkillers and sets new limits on how they can be dispensed.
Voter ID Laws Lead Flurry of New Statutes Jennifer Smith 2011
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Tennessee and Kentucky have Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, which allow state medical and pharmacy boards to identify doctors who overprescribe pain medicine and patients who receive pain pills from multiple doctors.
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They also overprescribe medicines and get kickbacks from pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies.
What China Can Learn From San Francisco's Police Department 2010
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When we embrace the multitude of healing modalities available to us all, medicine will no longer need to overprescribe dangerous drugs and overutilize high-tech diagnostics simply because it has nothing else to offer.
Larry Malerba, D.O. : What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution? (Part III) 2010
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Rose responded, "There's no reason for a doctor to overprescribe if she is not asking for it."
Anna Nicole Smith Part Of Conspiracy to Get Drugs: Prosecutors 2010
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Doctors are prone to overprescribe diagnostic tests to cover their backsides.
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They also overprescribe medicines and get kickbacks from pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies.
What China Can Learn From San Francisco's Police Department 2010
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They also overprescribe medicines and get kickbacks from pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies.
What China Can Learn From San Francisco's Police Department 2010
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