0 to prescribe (= give as a medical treatment) a particular drug too often, when it is not necessary:
Despite many warnings, antibiotics are still overprescribed.
We are concerned that a small minority of dentists may be overprescribing and are considering urgently what steps to take to deal with the matter.
I wish to explain quite clearly that this is not overprescribing.
They believe that pharmacists and doctors need to be remunerated on the same basis to remove any incentive on the part of doctors to overprescribe.
I regret to say that it is not possible to distinguish between those from doctors who overprescribe and those from doctors who do not.
He was approached by the medical establishments, who said that he was overprescribing.
It is undoubtedly true that some doctors overprescribe, measured simply against the average rates of prescription for patients.
We are aiming to deal not with the good doctors but those who overprescribe or who see a prescription as a means of getting a patient out of the surgery.
She did not seem to recognise that there is in place a system based on peer review and that there are appropriate penalties for doctors who overprescribe.
