medication
[noun]
Synonyms: remedy, cure, medicament, medicant, medicine, pharmacon, physic

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English Thesaurus: medicine, pill, tablet, antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc, capsule, ...

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med‧i‧ca‧tion /ˌmedəˈkeɪʃən, ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: medical, medication, medicine, medic; adjective: medical, medicated, medicinal; adverb: medically, medicinally]
medicine or drugs given to people who are ill
be on medication (for something)
He’s on medication for high blood pressure.

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medication
noun
ADJ. prescribed | over-the-counter | regular
VERB + MEDICATION be on, receive, take | prescribe (sb) | administer, give sb | stop She stopped the medication because of side effects.
need, require
PREP. ~ for He is on regular medication for his fits.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

medication

take medication
Are you taking any medication?
be on medication (=be taking a type of medicine)
He's on medication for his blood pressure.
prescribe medication (=arrange for someone to take a particular type of medicine)
Doctors should always explain the reasons for prescribing any medication.
give medication (also administer medication formal)
Teachers are not allowed to administer medication.
use medication
The leaflet tells you how to use the medication correctly.
stop a medication (=stop taking a medication)
I stopped the medication when I found out I was pregnant.
come off a medication (=stop taking a medication)
Coming off the medication made him more aggressive.
over-the-counter medication (=one that you can buy without a doctor's order)
There are many over-the-counter medications available for headaches.
prescribed medication (=one for which you need a doctor's order)
What happens if the patient does not take their prescribed medication?
regular medication (=one that someone takes often)
He is on regular medication to prevent fits.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

medicine noun [uncountable and countable] a substance used for treating illness:
Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.
Has he taken his medicine?
pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow:
She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.
The doctor gave him some pills.
sleeping pills
diet pills
contraceptive pills
tablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine:
She's now on four tablets a day.
a five-day course of tablets
sleeping tablets
anti-malaria tablets
antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc:
The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.
Why don’t you take some aspirin?
The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole:
a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C
I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide - used especially on bottles and containers:
In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear:
Remember — if you 're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
cream noun [uncountable and countable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin:
an antibiotic cream
antiseptic cream
skin cream
drug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines:
a drug used to treat malaria
There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time:
The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.
It’s important to get the dosage right.
medication noun [uncountable and countable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill:
He takes medication for his diabetes.
She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.

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