undermedication
Not enough medicine
Undermedication is the state of receiving insufficient medication for a condition, whether through inadequate dosage, missed doses, or failure to prescribe needed treatment.
The term appears in medical contexts discussing patient outcomes: Undermedication of pain in elderly patients remains a serious problem.
The opposite is overmedication.
Return to former illness
- progressionSequential forward movement
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
complications · symptoms · suffering · crisis · mortality · vulnerability · instability · debilitation
Medical dispensing authorization
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
- physicianLicensed medical doctor
Inadequate medication quantity
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
regimen · monitoring · pharmacology · contraindication · efficacy · half-life · bioavailability · dose-response
Preserving working condition
- long-termLasting extended period
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- comorbiditySimultaneous presence of diseases
remission · persistence · baseline · ongoing · sustained · preventive · prophylactic · lifelong
Failure to follow requirements
- underprescribingPrescribing less than warranted
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- omissionFailure to include
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
miscommunication · forgetfulness · rationing · access · misunderstanding
relapse
Return to former illness
- progressionSequential forward movement
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
hospitalization · complications · symptoms · suffering · crisis · mortality · vulnerability · instability · debilitation · emergency
prescription
Medical dispensing authorization
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
physician · follow-up · reconciliation · tracking · self-management
underdose
Inadequate medication quantity
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
pharmacotherapy · regimen · monitoring · pharmacology · contraindication · efficacy · half-life · bioavailability · dose-response · pharmacokinetics
maintenance
Preserving working condition
- long-termLasting extended period
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
comorbidity · remission · persistence · baseline · ongoing · sustained · preventive · prophylactic · lifelong
noncompliance
Failure to follow requirements
- underprescribingPrescribing less than warranted
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- omissionFailure to include
polypharmacy · miscommunication · forgetfulness · rationing · access · misunderstanding
undermedicationovermedication
Excessive pharmaceutical treatment
overmedicating · overdose · overprescription · overdosing · polypharmacy
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