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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jun 2012
CommentOff-label prescribing: in search of a reasonable patient-centered approach.
- Ben A Rich.
- University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. barich@ucdavis.edu
- J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2012 Jun 1;26(2):131-3.
AbstractThis commentary relates to an article entitled "Off-Label Prescribing of Medications for Pain: Maintaining Optimal Care at an Intersection of Law, Public Policy, and Ethics," which appears in the same journal issue. Off-label prescribing and off-label marketing of drugs are differentiated. Vulnerability of pain patients with off-label prescribing is noted as is the lack of data on benefits and risks of the practice. The influence of the pharmaceutical industry in off-label prescribing is discussed. A lack of transparency when communicating with patients about off-label drug use is a concern.
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