It seemed like only a matter of time before someone would close this valve. After months of off-label prescribing of Ozempic, propelled by celebrity hype of the diabetes drug which has gained ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized guidance to industry on allowable communications to health care providers about off-label drug and device uses. The Q&A document, issued on 6 ...

In March 2023, I started working at a large retail pharmacy as a technician. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I donned my crisp, blue technician’s uniform complete with my slightly lopsided name tag on ...

With a look at 160 common medications, about one out of every five are prescribed off-label, according to recent research. This means that the drugs were used in ways never approved by the FDA.

When a clinician prescribes a medication for a purpose for which it’s not indicated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it’s referred to as off-label treatment. Doctors may recommend ...

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 ...

Moore Vogel is a long Covid patient-researcher at Scripps Research and the Patient Led Research Collaborative (PLRC). Charlie McCone is a long Covid patient advocate, is a member of the PLRC, and has ...

The largest published prospective evaluation of off-label targeted cancer therapies has shown that more patients could benefit from existing drugs. After including over 1,600 patients in the Dutch ...