overprescription
noun
over·pre·scrip·tion
ˌō-vər-pri-ˈskrip-shən 
: the practice of overprescribing something (such as a medication)
the overprescription of opiate painkillers
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Adderall became a go-to drug for ADHD over the past two decades but quickly came under fire because of overprescription and misuse.
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Habibeh Khoshbouei, Fortune Well, 7 Apr. 2023
Goldin founded the organization Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (PAIN) in 2017 to hold the Sackler family — founders and owners of Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma — accountable for their role in the overprescription of OxyContin and other addictive opioids.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
In recent decades our personal microbiomes have been altered by factors such as poor dietary habits, a rise in cesarean-section births, overprescription of antibiotics, overuse of disinfectants and other germ fighters, and dwindling contact with beneficial microbes on animals and in nature.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 Dec. 2020
Every year, some 700,000 deaths are attributed to pathogens that are resistant to penicillin and other drugs designed to kill them — largely in response to overprescription and careless disposal.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
Around the same time, the US began putting into focus the issue of opioid overprescription, and pushing for a reduction in the use of opioid pain medications.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
The rapid rise of these companies raised major concerns about overprescription.
—WIRED, 26 Oct. 2022
In the case of antibiotics, overprescription, improper use, and poor adherence contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance.
—Muhammad H. Zaman, STAT, 26 Oct. 2021
Today, it has been incorporated into multiple electronic health record systems, and it is often relied on by physicians anxious about overprescription.
—Maia Szalavitz, Wired, 11 Aug. 2021
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Habibeh Khoshbouei, Fortune Well, 7 Apr. 2023
Goldin founded the organization Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (PAIN) in 2017 to hold the Sackler family — founders and owners of Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma — accountable for their role in the overprescription of OxyContin and other addictive opioids.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
In recent decades our personal microbiomes have been altered by factors such as poor dietary habits, a rise in cesarean-section births, overprescription of antibiotics, overuse of disinfectants and other germ fighters, and dwindling contact with beneficial microbes on animals and in nature.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 Dec. 2020
Every year, some 700,000 deaths are attributed to pathogens that are resistant to penicillin and other drugs designed to kill them — largely in response to overprescription and careless disposal.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
Around the same time, the US began putting into focus the issue of opioid overprescription, and pushing for a reduction in the use of opioid pain medications.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
The rapid rise of these companies raised major concerns about overprescription.
—WIRED, 26 Oct. 2022
In the case of antibiotics, overprescription, improper use, and poor adherence contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance.
—Muhammad H. Zaman, STAT, 26 Oct. 2021
Today, it has been incorporated into multiple electronic health record systems, and it is often relied on by physicians anxious about overprescription.
—Maia Szalavitz, Wired, 11 Aug. 2021
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