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Where do physicians find information on off-label uses of FDA approved products and experimental drugs? Where do consumers/patients find the same?

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Where do physicians find information on off-label uses of FDA approved products and experimental drugs? Where do consumers/patients find the same?

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Physicians use drugs for unapproved uses by understanding the pharmacology of the drug and the purpose for which they intend it. There are many examples of physicians using drugs for unapproved uses. For a company to get a use approved takes many studies and lots of time and money. Physicians are not bound by these rules. Understanding a drug and its side effects will predict whether it will have a use which is “unapproved”. Back to Drug InfoNet Home Page. Back to Medication/Pharmaceutical main page.