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Definition of Overmedication
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmedication
Literary usage of Overmedication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"overmedication and overfeeding may likewise be held accountable for some of the
gastro-intestinal disturbances that are sometimes wrongly attributed to the ..."
2. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"The overmedication of women compared with men has been a major issue for the past
150 years, beginning with the image of the Victorian woman as less able to ..."
3. The Diseases of infancy and childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1917)
"Thc»e symptoms «1. upon the feeble dii:e-ti..n which is associated with the
febrile process, and are often aggravated by improper feeding and overmedication ..."
4. Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline by Nancy Bergstrom (1997)
"... to the following: • Mental status, learning ability, depression. • Social
support. • Polypharmacy or overmedication. • Alcohol and/or drug abuse. ..."
5. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"overmedication can result in unnecessary bleeding episodes. The INR test eliminates
this problem by providing a single scale that does not vary based on the ..."
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