Synonyms and antonyms of To take, prescribe or administer a medicine in British Thesaurus

administer (verb)

formal to give someone a drug or medical treatment

administration (noun)

the action of giving someone a drug

come off ()

to stop taking something such as a medicine or drug

dispense (verb)

to prepare medicines and give them to people

dope (verb)

informal to give someone a drug to take away their pain or to make them sleep

dose (verb)

to give a measured amount of a drug to someone

drug (verb)

to give a drug to someone so that they will go to sleep or will become unconscious

drug (verb)

to put a drug in food or drink so that someone will swallow it without knowing

drug up ()

to give someone a lot of drugs or medicine with the result that they cannot behave normally

give (verb)

to put medicine into someone’s body using a particular method

go on ()

to start taking a particular medicine or drug

go private ()

to choose to pay for medical treatment, rather than use the free treatment provided by the national health service

inject (verb)

to put a drug or another substance into your body through the skin, using a needle and a syringe

inoculate (verb)

to protect someone against a particular disease by injecting a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes immune to it

overdose (verb)

to take too much of a drug at one time

pop (verb)

informal if you pop pills, you take them too often

pump someone full of something ()

to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone’s body

take (verb)

to put a drug or medicine into your body

vaccinate (verb)

to treat a person or an animal with a vaccine to protect them against a disease