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overtreatment

— Unnecessary treatments (e.g. for a condition that causes no symptoms, and will go away on its own), or intensive treatments for a health condition that could be remedied with less intensive treatment

Synonyms:

disease mongering, medicalization, overutilization pathologization, overutilization

Full explanation:

Overtreatment can be treatment for a condition that causes no symptoms, and will go away on its own, or intensive treatment for a condition that could be remedied with a less intensive treatment.

Overdiagnosis, when patients are given a diagnosis that will cause no symptoms or harm, can lead to overtreatment.

See also:

overdiagnosis

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