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Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again From: Charlie Chambers (ricechaz@gorge.net) Tue May 23 16:35:25 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again" Previous message: Babycatchers@aol.com: "Re: Operating time" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again" Here we go again with this. Also, a large number of meds used in pediatric instances do not have a peds indication. On May 23, 2006, at 12:07 PM, art fougner, md wrote: > Joe > > aspirin nor magnesium sulfate were approved by the FDA for common > indications. > > art > > At Tue, 23 May 2006, doctorjoe@aol.com wrote: >> >> In medical school, we were taught the "off label use" theory with >> propranolol and hypertension (at least I was - I guess I'm dating >> myself). >> >> Now we have all sorts of examples of drugs used for nonindicated >> reasons (a good example for us has been terbutaline, or maybe now >> the calcium channel blockers). >> >> Have we been taught WRONG??? >> >> Off Label Drug Use is Often Not Supported by Hard Science >> >> A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that >> the practice of prescribing drugs for off label uses is putting >> patients at risk. These prescriptions often lack evidence of >> safety and effectiveness, which makes them potentially dangerous >> to consumers. A professor at Stanford University believes >> misinformation plays a role in off-label prescribing and urges >> patients to ask their doctor why before taking the drug. Sandra >> G. Boodman, The Washington Post 05/23/2006 >> >> Read Article: The Washington Post >> >> Joe P. > > -- > art fougner, md > "I drank what?" - Socrates ************************************************************************ * Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "No matter where you go... there you are." Dr. Buckaroo Banzai ************************************************************************ Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again" Previous message: Babycatchers@aol.com: "Re: Operating time" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: GEN: Off label use - here we go again"

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