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"Take your medicine" is an old school slang for accepting your "justly deserved" punishment. It comes from the idea that medicine tastes bad and you may not like it but it's necessary for you to get better. Another version is possibly in a fight "come back and take your medicine like a man!" A good child obeys and takes their medicine so parents would make that connection.
In the movie and book, Jack has decided, thanks to the Overlook's evil influence, that both his wife and his son need "correction." He was angry already that physical punishment was off the table because of his wife's demands after he dislocated his son's shoulder. Of course he's crazy now so his "correction" will end in death if he's allowed to execute it.
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