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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
medication
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
▪ Since the primary contraindications to sildenafil use are certain concurrent medications, this is a significant omission.
▪ These services could include prescribing certain medications and the referral of patients to medical specialists.
▪ Recent anaesthesia and certain medications can cause patients to feel dizzy and unable to maintain their balance.
new
▪ After that, a simple change to a new blood pressure medication solved the problem for good.
▪ Sometimes side effects go away after the body adjusts to the new medication.
▪ Two new and effective medications have, in fact, recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat osteoporosis.
prescribed
▪ Suppose I am taking prescribed medication?
▪ Any visit to the doctor always resulted in a prescribed medication that was ineffective.
▪ This would include prescribed medication and examinations by suitably qualified professions e.g. doctors, physiotherapists etc.
▪ Further, these prescribed medications prevent emotional maturation through inhibiting the capacity to feel emotions and deal with them appropriately.
▪ Although many patients are prescribed psychotropic medication, only a small proportion of these will go on to take an overdose.
▪ He remained in hospital for two nights whilst prescribed medication re-established a regular heartbeat.
▪ Is the prescribed medication or treatment safe, and what are the likely side-effects?
■ NOUN
pain
▪ She remained serene and calm with no need for the pain medication until the next afternoon when she died in her sleep.
▪ There are many prescription pain medications, and a doctor can prescribe any of them.
■ VERB
give
▪ Why should we give their medication when they are capable of taking it themselves?
▪ Another point is to give the medication on a scheduled as opposed to an as-needed basis.
▪ She does learn that Michael has been given the anti- psychotic medication Haldol.
▪ They seldom were given sleeping 60 medication for fear it would push them too far from consciousness.
▪ After he is given a sleeping medication on the evening of admission, the nurse finds him confused and agitated.
▪ Sitters or certified nursing assistants do not give medications or insert IVs.
▪ After delivering a baby by caesarean section, Dougherty was given medication for what appeared to be normal postoperative pain.
help
▪ He confided the medications never helped with his violent thoughts.
need
▪ In three short months she didn't need the medication she had been dependent on for years.
▪ He no longer needs the medication, says Wong, and he has been breathing easily this year.
▪ If you aren't exempt and need medication regularly, it might be worth buying a pre-payment certificate.
prescribe
▪ These services could include prescribing certain medications and the referral of patients to medical specialists.
▪ If your doctor prescribes a medication that disrupts your sleep, you may want to ask her two questions.
▪ Overall, these data support the safety and effectiveness of Internet prescribing of selected medications.
▪ California and 29 other states have similar statutes barring the prescribing of medication to end life.
▪ Of course, I do have a few problems, but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication.
▪ First, ask if there are other medications or treatment alternatives to the prescribed medication.
▪ All prescribed medications, hospital stays, and transportation were offered free of charge.
▪ If you find a prescribed medication is disrupting your sleep, the effects may be temporary.
receive
▪ Some patients had voiced initial apprehension about their continuing to receive medication, but most were thought to be neutral about fundholding.
▪ Homeless patients receive medication to get well enough to return to the streets where they live until their next psychotic episode.
▪ Sigsworth had not been receiving any medication at the hospital to help him over his withdrawal.
▪ When the program ends in December 2002, patients using Diflucan will continue to receive the medication for free, Pfizer said.
require
▪ People requiring regular medication would also be exempt from prescription charges.
▪ Therefore, many adults who drive or who have controlled seizures caused by Structural lesions will require medication indefinitely.
▪ Crohn's disease causes chronic gastrointestinal symptoms which may require prolonged medication and surgical intervention.
stop
▪ Therefore, the therapist suggested she should stop this medication.
▪ This factor alone is a great deterrent to stopping medication in many instances.
▪ All side effects disappeared spontaneously after stopping the study medication.
▪ He had stopped taking his medication and had become violent and irrational.
▪ Ann was to stop her medication completely.
take
▪ Do not spend your life taking over-the-counter medication for the slightest ache or pain.
▪ Older people might forget whether they took medication, or have trouble keeping track of what to take, and when.
▪ Most sufferers stick with their jobs and take medication but others have to quit.
▪ Pros: A great way to temporarily impair mental processes without having to take medication.
▪ She had smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for six years and was taking no medication.
▪ He will have to take medication for the rest of his life.
▪ So many people are frightened of being sad that they take medication to stop such feelings.
▪ Her doctor gave her a choice: Take medication or lose weight.
treat
▪ There is no known cure but the illness can be treated - by medication backed by practical and caring support.
use
▪ She may, for example, neglect her diet, use harmful medication, and smoke and/or drink more.
▪ But many people, for various reasons, refuse to use lithium or other medications that control the illness.
▪ Don't rush to use medications before the nature of the problem is clear.
▪ The second is not to use the medication with those who are at risk for a serious adverse reaction.
▪ Nobody wants to use these medications.
▪ Once the patient has discontinued or started tapering the previously used medications, prophylactic agents are started.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For instance, one medication, derived from bitter almonds, claims to boost the immune system.
▪ If you find a prescribed medication is disrupting your sleep, the effects may be temporary.
▪ Maybe she had already swallowed the medications.
▪ Most sufferers stick with their jobs and take medication but others have to quit.
▪ Scribbling the names of two popular medications, the doctor had unwittingly written Mary a death warrant.
▪ She had smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for six years and was taking no medication.
▪ Studies of other disorders show that medications given without such support likely are doomed to fail.
▪ Two groups of medications are employed: those used to treat the acute attack and those used prophylactically.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Medication

Medication \Med`i*ca"tion\, [L. medicatio: cf. F. m['e]dication.] The act or process of medicating.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
medication

early 15c., "medical treatment of a disease or wound," from Middle French médication and directly from Latin medicationem (nominative medicatio) "healing, cure," from past participle stem of medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician, healing" (see medical (adj.)).

Wiktionary
medication

n. 1 A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient 2 The administration of medicine

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WordNet
medication

  1. n. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medicament, medicinal drug]

  2. the act of treating with medicines or remedies

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Wikipedia
Medication (band)

Medication was a group that included Logan Mader, Whitfield Crane, B. Blunt, Kyle Sanders and Roy Mayorga. They released a self-titled EP and an LP called Prince Valium through Locomotive Music, and filmed a video for the song "Inside". Before the recording of Prince Valium, Roy Mayorga parted ways from the group to rejoin Soulfly for the recording of 3. He was replaced by Chris Hamilton. They played one show in Los Angeles at The Gig on Melrose with Robert Trujillo, now of Metallica, on bass. They disbanded in 2003 due to the cancellation of their European tour and the US branch of their record label closing.

Medication (disambiguation)

Medication, strictly speaking the act of administering medicine, may refer in popular usage to:

  • Drug, any chemical substance that alters normal bodily function
    • Pharmaceutical drug, any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease
      • Small molecule drugs
      • Biologic medical products that are regulated like drugs
  • A herbal medicine

Medication may also refer to:

  • Medication (band), a hard rock band
  • "Medication" (Garbage song), a song from the band Garbage
  • "Medication", a song by the Standells
  • "Medication", a song by Queens of the Stone Age from Lullabies to Paralyze

Usage examples of "medication".

There were so many things she had to do to her body that she rebelled at subjecting it to one more medication, to which she would probably be allergic anyway.

In writing about hospital-caused errors in medication, in surgery, in laboratory tests, and just in admitting patients, Blau offers a nostrum known to any hospital patient.

And Adrienne was occasionally so hypomanic I considered her in need of medication.

There was a pricking sensation as the medication microblasted through his skin.

Fine Parisian Millinery like an explosion, bringing a head-splitting avalanche of French perfume along with her, the glow of nerve medications illuminating her eyes.

He fumbled, trying to tear open a syringe packet, while Stephanie removed the cap covering the rubber stopper on the parenteral medication vial.

The cases involve mostly different doctors, different procedures, different anesthetic agents, and, for the most part, different medications, even for postoperative pain.

There were antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medication, anabolic steroids, including a full course of prednisone, and at least ten different types of pain medication, including codeine and morphine.

She has to take medication to lower her abnormally high levels of prolactin, and she may have to be on the medication the rest of her life unless she has the tumor removed.

This excessive waddage of plot culminates with Duddits pitifully tottering into battle clutching a stuffed Scooby Doo doll and a Scooby Doo lunchbox full of cancer medication, a battle whose outcome hinges upon the fact that aliens capable of controlling human minds, biting people in half, and building a spaceship the size of Portland seem baffled by the problem presented by opening a manhole cover with a crowbar.

In the top drawer was the small bottle of the medication that he had secreted away against nights when the idea of sleep became impossible.

Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, com plasters.

Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, corn plasters.

Caffeine and medications containing theophylline may accentuate the symptoms.

Thus, it is important to get recommendations from people who know the available practitioners--a School Counselor or Psychologist, a therapist at your Community Mental Health Center, an EAP counselor at work, or the psychiatrist who is prescribing your psych medications.