shotgun prescription


shot·gun pre·scrip·tion

a prescription containing many ingredients, some of which may be useless, in an attempt to cover all possible types of therapy that may be needed; a pejorative term.

shotgun prescription

A prescription containing many drugs, given with the hope that one of them may prove effective; it is not a recommended approach to the treatment of disease.See also: prescription

shot·gun pre·scrip·tion

(shotgŭn prĕ-skripshŭn) Prescription containing many ingre dients, some of which may be useless, in an attempt to cover all possible types of therapy that may be needed; a pejorative term.