1. to give too much medication to someone or to treat with excessive amounts of medicine
Usage: medical context

Examples

• The doctor was careful not to overmedicate the elderly patient.
• Some nursing homes have been criticized for overmedicating residents.
• Parents worry that schools might overmedicate children with ADHD.
• The psychiatrist reduced the dosage to avoid overmedicating her patient.
• Studies show that emergency rooms sometimes overmedicate patients in pain.
• The new guidelines help prevent doctors from overmedicating anxiety disorders.