Drugs prescribed for conditions not approved by the FDA
A new study by Dr. Randall S. Stafford, at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, in California states that "Approximately one out of every five medications prescribed by US physicians are for conditions that the drugs have not been approved for by the FDA…" Moreover, the study also suggests that three quarters of the off-label uses are not backed by any strong scientific evidence regarding safety and efficacy.
The question that everyone should be asking is whether the drug companies are promoting such off label use like they did with a famed diet drug or do the doctors writing the prescriptions simply think they are more knowledgeable than the FDA.
Were I a patient of one of these physicians, I would be worried as to why they are willing to treat someone with untested medication.
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