undertreating
Not medicating enough
Undertreating is giving less treatment than a condition requires—whether medical care, pest control, or any situation calling for intervention.
A doctor undertreats pain when prescribing inadequate medication.
Critics argue the clinic has been undertreating depression in elderly patients.
The concern with undertreating is that problems worsen or persist when not addressed aggressively enough.
Inadequate medication quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- undermedicationInadequate therapeutic dosage
- underprescribingPrescribing less than warranted
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
deficient · lacking · incomplete · insufficient · minimal · scant · sparse · meager
Return to former illness
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- progressionSequential forward movement
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
- worseningBecoming more severe
complication · sequelae · recurrence · aggravation · resistance · debilitation · suffering · preventable
Failing to see or consider
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- omissionFailure to include
inattention · mismanagement · noncompliance · carelessness · dismissing · minimizing · underestimating · delayed
underdose
Inadequate medication quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- undermedicationInadequate therapeutic dosage
- underprescribingPrescribing less than warranted
suboptimal · deficient · lacking · incomplete · insufficient · minimal · scant · sparse · meager · wanting
relapse
Return to former illness
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- progressionSequential forward movement
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
worsening · complication · sequelae · recurrence · aggravation · resistance · debilitation · suffering · preventable · avoidable
overlooking
Failing to see or consider
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
omission · inattention · mismanagement · noncompliance · carelessness · dismissing · minimizing · underestimating · delayed · deferred
undertreatingovertreating
Excessive medical intervention
overmedicating · overmedication · overtreatment · aggressive treatment · overprescribing
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