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.
Overmedication of the elderly has become a social issue.
He is dependent on painkillers, and it's affecting his daily life.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only variant with 漬け written as okurigana.
Search-only abbreviated form.
Compound of 薬 (kusuri, 'medicine') and 漬け (zuke, 'soaking, pickling'), literally 'soaked in medicine'.