The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a 2-day public hearing this week to solicit input about the marketing and use of medications and medical devices for off-label use. It is fairly common ...

Physicians are increasingly prescribing medications off-label to children, with one-fifth of all pediatric physician visits resulting in off-label prescriptions, according to a study published in ...

Medications once used to treat illness are increasingly being taken for prevention. Experts explain what’s behind the ...

It’s no secret that many in the diabetes community use medications in ways that aren’t FDA-approved and deviate from what the product labeling says, otherwise known as “ off-label use.” In particular, ...

Off-label prescription of psychiatric drugs in the United States began to take off in the 1990s. Children and adolescents are ...

November 25, 2008 — Fourteen drugs have been identified that most urgently require research regarding off-label uses, according to the results of a retrospective, cross-sectional study and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A discussion about off-label drugs is back in the spotlight in Ohio after a similar effort failed last year. House Bill 12 would generally allow a doctor to prescribe any drug, ...

Caroline Connor’s concerns about her son’s development began around his 1st birthday, when she noticed he wasn’t talking or using any words. Their pediatrician didn’t seem worried, but the speech ...

Off-label medication-drugs FDA-approved to treat one condition but often prescribed for another-are changing the game for ...

A new sociomedical perspective shows how off-label use of GLP-1 drugs for slimness is redefining what counts as a healthy, responsible body, revealing hidden moral pressures and global inequalities ...

Doctors can currently prescribe the drug only for autism off-label, which means repurposing a drug approved for one condition to treat another. "We've done the science, and the next step is that we ...