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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jrhana who wrote (11212)	11/10/2009 10:25:03 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 42652

<One thing all people should do, Lurie says, is ask whether their prescriptions are for FDA-approved uses, and if not, whether strong evidence supports using the drug, particularly if it can be dangerous.> Definitely off label uses can be legitimate. However, if the patient has a drug reaction after an off label use, then he could face some legal liability. Most drugs have efficacy for more than one unapproved use. Due to the high expense of getting them approved very few drug maker ever pursue them. Sometimes the medical community discovers them. Very few doctors care enough about their patients to prescribe when an off label drug is the best choice.