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University of Georgia, U.S.
Three-quarters of people receive prescription antidepressants for unapproved use
August 18th, 2006
A University of Georgia study has found that three-quarters of people prescribed antidepressant drugs receive the medications for a reason not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This practice, known as off-label prescribing, is legal and intended to give physicians the flexibility to prescribe the drugs that are best suited to their patients' needs. And while study authors Dr. Hua Chen and Jack Fincham acknowledged that there are legitimate uses for off-label prescribing, they said that in many cases physicians write off-label prescriptions based on limited or anecdotal evidence. "Most off-label drug mentions have little or no...
Source: Biotech Law Weekly (2006-08-18)
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