Open AccessOff-label Prescribing Among Office-Based Physicians
Author(s) -
David Radley,
Stan N. Finkelstein,
Randall S. Stafford
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.9.1021
Subject(s) - off label use , medicine , medical prescription , drug , confidence interval , pharmacy , food and drug administration , family medicine , intensive care medicine , pharmacology
Unlike medicines prescribed for Food and Drug Administration-approved indications, off-label uses may lack rigorous scientific scrutiny. Despite concerns about patient safety and costs to the health care system, little is known about the frequency of off-label drug use or the degree of scientific evidence supporting this practice.
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