noun
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
Refers to a state of being heavily reliant on or saturated with medication, often with a negative connotation of excessive or unnecessary drug use.
高齢者の薬漬けが社会問題になっている。
Overmedication of the elderly has become a social issue.
彼は痛み止めの薬漬けで、日常生活に
He is dependent on painkillers, and it's affecting his daily life.
Search-only abbreviated form.
薬物依存 is a clinical term for drug addiction, while 薬漬け is a more colloquial expression emphasizing the state of being saturated with drugs, often due to overprescription.
Compound of 薬 (kusuri, 'medicine') and 漬け (zuke, 'soaking, pickling'), literally 'soaked in medicine'.