1. to give too much medication to someone or to treat with excessive amounts of medicine
Usage: third person singular present tense

Examples

• The doctor overmedicates his elderly patients with unnecessary prescriptions.
• She worries that the nursing home overmedicates residents to keep them quiet.
• The psychiatrist overmedicates children instead of trying behavioral therapy first.
• Many believe the healthcare system overmedicates minor ailments.
• The veterinarian overmedicates pets when simpler treatments would work.
• Critics argue that society overmedicates normal childhood behaviors.