shock therapy

Etymology
🇰🇲. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the .

Noun

 * 1)  The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
 * 2)  A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.
 * 1)  A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.