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MeSH Heading: Prescription Drug Overuse
Tree Number(s): C25.775.342.500.750; F03.900.384.500.750
Unique ID: D000067490
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067490
Scope Note: The use of a medication in an amount more than as prescribed.
Entry Term(s): Medication Overuse; Medication Overutilization; Prescription Drug Overutilization
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000599765
Scope Note: The use of a medication in an amount more than as prescribed.
Terms: Prescription Drug Overuse Preferred Term
Term UI T000870892
Date11/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Prescription Drug Overutilization
Term UI T000870893
Date11/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Medication Overutilization
Term UI T000870894
Date11/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Medication Overuse
Term UI T000870897
Date11/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

Prescription Drug Overuse MeSH Descriptor Data 2025