Off-label use and prescribing: what does it mean for the foot and ankle surgeon?
Drugs and medical devices obtain specific on-label indications for use by the Food and Drug Administration. Physicians are able to use such devices and drugs off label as part of the practice of medicine, but is this is good thing? This edition of In the Profession examines what it means to be off label in terms of regulations, clinical studies, industry marketing, and common areas of use.
Hyer
Christopher F
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Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center, Westerville, Ohio, USA.
D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D056687:Off-Label Use; D010372:Pediatrics; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People