Although being used off-label, the utility of dexmedetomidine in pediatric settings is increasing.
It is being used off-label to treat macular degeneration because it is far cheaper than Lucentis, which costs about $2,000 per monthly injection.
Ms. Rowsemitt said patients had been informed that the drugs were being used off-label and that Dr. Najarian had a financial stake in the combination.
This makes SISTPV systems to be a versatile solution that can be adapted for operation in a broad range of locations with different climate conditions, even being used off-grid and in space applications.
The drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an anesthetic but, as a result of the new research, it's now being used off-label in clinics around the country as a high-cost treatment for these mental disorders.
It's small wonder that her daughter, a 32-year-old mother of four, has trouble thinking when she is medicated with multiple psychoactive drugs: an opiate, an anti-epileptic, an antidepressant and an anti-hypertensive that is being used off-label.
Temodar is being used off-label to treat newly diagnosed patients, and extends the survival rate by eight weeks.
The other point of contention at the cancer advisory meeting was whether it is appropriate for the FDA to require drugs up for accelerated approval for treatment of a specific kind of terminal cancer to prove that they were superior to other drugs being used off-label to treat the same cancer.
Thus, DES are nowadays increasingly being used off-label to treat SVG stenoses, there are limited safety and efficacy data available in this setting.
As the medicine is being used off-label, additional information about any uncertainties associated with such use should be given.
