Synonyms for “get off medication”
How would you say "I'd like to get off the medication" not using the colloquial phrasal verb "get off"? I.e., something that you'd hear someone well-versed in the English language say.
For example, can someone fill in a word or phrase to complete the following sentence:
I'd like to be ___ medication by next month.
phrase-requests
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How would you say "I'd like to get off the medication" not using the colloquial phrasal verb "get off"? I.e., something that you'd hear someone well-versed in the English language say.
For example, can someone fill in a word or phrase to complete the following sentence:
I'd like to be ___ medication by next month.
phrase-requests
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
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asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
5
I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06
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How would you say "I'd like to get off the medication" not using the colloquial phrasal verb "get off"? I.e., something that you'd hear someone well-versed in the English language say.
For example, can someone fill in a word or phrase to complete the following sentence:
I'd like to be ___ medication by next month.
phrase-requests
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
How would you say "I'd like to get off the medication" not using the colloquial phrasal verb "get off"? I.e., something that you'd hear someone well-versed in the English language say.
For example, can someone fill in a word or phrase to complete the following sentence:
I'd like to be ___ medication by next month.
phrase-requests
phrase-requests
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
edited Jan 16 '12 at 23:58
RegDwigнt♦
83.2k31281380
83.2k31281380
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
asked Jan 16 '12 at 22:47
CyrusCyrus
10816
10816
What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
5
I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06
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show 1 more comment
What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
5
I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06
What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
5
5
I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06
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Discontinue, drop, cease, quit, among other terms, can be fitted into sentences for the desired effect:
- I want to discontinue that medication.
- I want that medication to cease.
- I want to drop that medication.
- I want to quit taking that medication.
- I don't need that medication anymore.
Note, I see that GEdgar already suggested a sentence like the first.
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:07
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In the UK at least, come off [the] medication has been getting a lot more common recently...
...but I can't say whether the usage applies in America as well. I think it's probably because increasingly the patient is involved in certain "clinical decisions". A cynic might say that's partly to lessen the chances of the doctor being sued if it all goes horribly wrong. Whatever the reason, it means there are more real-world contexts where the patient might say something like this, rather than the doctor saying he'll "Take you off the medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
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Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
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"I would like to stop taking that medication"
.. or...
"I would like to end my dependency on that medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
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Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
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Everybody's reply, although possible to use, meaning the English speaker will understand what you want, isn't correct.
The correct term is Tapering or Weaning.
I would like to taper off this medication.
I would like to wean myself from this medication.
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Discontinue, drop, cease, quit, among other terms, can be fitted into sentences for the desired effect:
- I want to discontinue that medication.
- I want that medication to cease.
- I want to drop that medication.
- I want to quit taking that medication.
- I don't need that medication anymore.
Note, I see that GEdgar already suggested a sentence like the first.
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Discontinue, drop, cease, quit, among other terms, can be fitted into sentences for the desired effect:
- I want to discontinue that medication.
- I want that medication to cease.
- I want to drop that medication.
- I want to quit taking that medication.
- I don't need that medication anymore.
Note, I see that GEdgar already suggested a sentence like the first.
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:07
James Waldby - jwpat7James Waldby - jwpat7
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Discontinue, drop, cease, quit, among other terms, can be fitted into sentences for the desired effect:
- I want to discontinue that medication.
- I want that medication to cease.
- I want to drop that medication.
- I want to quit taking that medication.
- I don't need that medication anymore.
Note, I see that GEdgar already suggested a sentence like the first.
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:07
James Waldby - jwpat7James Waldby - jwpat7
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Discontinue, drop, cease, quit, among other terms, can be fitted into sentences for the desired effect:
- I want to discontinue that medication.
- I want that medication to cease.
- I want to drop that medication.
- I want to quit taking that medication.
- I don't need that medication anymore.
Note, I see that GEdgar already suggested a sentence like the first.
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:07
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answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:07
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In the UK at least, come off [the] medication has been getting a lot more common recently...
...but I can't say whether the usage applies in America as well. I think it's probably because increasingly the patient is involved in certain "clinical decisions". A cynic might say that's partly to lessen the chances of the doctor being sued if it all goes horribly wrong. Whatever the reason, it means there are more real-world contexts where the patient might say something like this, rather than the doctor saying he'll "Take you off the medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
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Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
add a comment |
In the UK at least, come off [the] medication has been getting a lot more common recently...
...but I can't say whether the usage applies in America as well. I think it's probably because increasingly the patient is involved in certain "clinical decisions". A cynic might say that's partly to lessen the chances of the doctor being sued if it all goes horribly wrong. Whatever the reason, it means there are more real-world contexts where the patient might say something like this, rather than the doctor saying he'll "Take you off the medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
119k33245426
1
Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
add a comment |
In the UK at least, come off [the] medication has been getting a lot more common recently...
...but I can't say whether the usage applies in America as well. I think it's probably because increasingly the patient is involved in certain "clinical decisions". A cynic might say that's partly to lessen the chances of the doctor being sued if it all goes horribly wrong. Whatever the reason, it means there are more real-world contexts where the patient might say something like this, rather than the doctor saying he'll "Take you off the medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
119k33245426
In the UK at least, come off [the] medication has been getting a lot more common recently...
...but I can't say whether the usage applies in America as well. I think it's probably because increasingly the patient is involved in certain "clinical decisions". A cynic might say that's partly to lessen the chances of the doctor being sued if it all goes horribly wrong. Whatever the reason, it means there are more real-world contexts where the patient might say something like this, rather than the doctor saying he'll "Take you off the medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
119k33245426
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
119k33245426
answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
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answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:29
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
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119k33245426
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Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
add a comment |
1
Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
1
1
Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
Hmm, but in the UK wouldn't most people say "medicine"?
– slim
Jan 17 '12 at 0:12
1
1
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@slim: I think for longer-term prescriptions (the kind you might speak of "coming off"), medication became the dominant form quite a while back. Although having health professionals in the family I may have a skewed view there. Certainly we still use "medicine" in the metaphoric cliched variants of "Just take your medicine!", but I suspect "Keep taking the medication!" is gaining ground on "Keep taking the tablets!".
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:21
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
@Slim: Actually you're right. But the trends suggest I'll be right in a couple of decades. Plus it might be that when doctors are talking to (esp elderly) patients they still use medicine thinking it sounds less "clinical" and intimidating.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 0:41
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"I would like to stop taking that medication"
.. or...
"I would like to end my dependency on that medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
add a comment |
"I would like to stop taking that medication"
.. or...
"I would like to end my dependency on that medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
add a comment |
"I would like to stop taking that medication"
.. or...
"I would like to end my dependency on that medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
"I would like to stop taking that medication"
.. or...
"I would like to end my dependency on that medication".
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
answered Jan 16 '12 at 22:51
slimslim
9,31412748
9,31412748
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
add a comment |
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
Sorry I should have been more clear; I'm after a verb to replace "get off" - i.e., I would like to <leave> from medication"; if there is such a thing.
– Cyrus
Jan 16 '12 at 22:54
add a comment |
Everybody's reply, although possible to use, meaning the English speaker will understand what you want, isn't correct.
The correct term is Tapering or Weaning.
I would like to taper off this medication.
I would like to wean myself from this medication.
edited 9 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered 9 hours ago
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Everybody's reply, although possible to use, meaning the English speaker will understand what you want, isn't correct.
The correct term is Tapering or Weaning.
I would like to taper off this medication.
I would like to wean myself from this medication.
edited 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
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Everybody's reply, although possible to use, meaning the English speaker will understand what you want, isn't correct.
The correct term is Tapering or Weaning.
I would like to taper off this medication.
I would like to wean myself from this medication.
edited 9 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered 9 hours ago
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Everybody's reply, although possible to use, meaning the English speaker will understand what you want, isn't correct.
The correct term is Tapering or Weaning.
I would like to taper off this medication.
I would like to wean myself from this medication.
edited 9 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered 9 hours ago
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What is wrong with the words "get" and "off"?
– Peter Shor
Jan 16 '12 at 22:56
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I'd like to discontinue the medication.
– GEdgar
Jan 16 '12 at 22:57
GEdgar - that's the best so far +1 :)
– Cyrus
Jan 17 '12 at 0:06
If you just say "discontinue the medication" and not "discontinue taking the medication", it means (at least to me) that the speaker would like to cease the manufacture of the medication.
– David Schwartz
Jan 17 '12 at 11:23
@David Schwartz: To me, discontinue in this context is suggestive of "unnaturally careful / pseudo-sophisticated" speech - a bit like when people affect a "telephone voice". So it might occur more often than you'd expect because many/most people are a bit intimidated when talking to doctors. Firstly because they're generally perceived as highly educated, secondly because sometimes they hold the power of life and death over you.
– FumbleFingers
Jan 17 '12 at 15:06