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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are medicated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing individuals who are receiving medication for a health condition, often in a medical or psychological context.
Example: "Many patients in the study are medicated to manage their symptoms effectively."
Alternatives: "are on medication" or "are receiving treatment."
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are medicated
verb
To prescribe or administer medication.
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Interestingly, when comparing symptomatic patients who are medicated to those who are non-medicated, the former have increased healthcare usage in doctor and hospital ED visits (figure 2E).
Chloraseptic Sore Throat Lollipops, which are medicated, come in strawberry, grape and orange.
Precise figures from the study are not available yet, but a version posted on the Internet shows there are still sharp inequities in how men and women are medicated for equal levels of discomfort.
Too often, these patients are medicated with antipsychotic drugs, which puts them at risk of falls, fractures and strokes, which then land them in the hospital, Dr. Sachs said.
Many patients with type 1 diabetes are medicated with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, statins, in order to prevent vascular complications.
One in five are medicated.
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"They are medicating us without our consent, and it's unethical and illegal," she said.
In effect we are medicating the symptoms but not addressing the etiology.
"People are medicating themselves because they're sad.
Our children are riddled with anxiety and we are medicating them more now than ever.
You wonder if he is medicated: If the medications have calmed him, or heightened his intensity.
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