Cancer Drug for MS Brings Up More Thoughts on Off Label Prescribing

by Wesley J. Smith

The other day, to the consternation of some, I discussed my opposition to “off label” prescribing, meaning when a drug is approved for use to treat one malady, it is prescribed for a different one even though the medication was not specifically tested for that circumstance. To me, off . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2008

Botox Story Illustrates Danger of Off Label Prescribing

by Wesley J. Smith

One of my pet peeves—yes, I know, I keep peeves like a crazy old man who keeps hundreds of cats—is off label prescribing. Off label prescribing allows a drug that has been approved for efficacy and safety for one condition, to be used instead to treat a different malady for which it has . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2008