Opposition to the use of medication or pharmaceuticals as a treatment approach.
From anti- (against) + medication (from medicament, medical substance). The term describes systematic rejection of pharmacological approaches to health.
Antimedication movements have fascinating origins: some come from legitimate criticism of over-prescription and addiction, while others come from magical thinking—the same word can describe both reasonable and unreasonable positions.
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