Off-label prescribing : justifying unapproved medicine /
Looks into the corners of our medicated lives, where drug regulation runs up against medical practice, and concerns the use of a drug that has been approved for one use (in medical parlance, 'indication') being used for a different indication--alternatively, being used on a different set o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ, USA :
Wiley Blackwell,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Looks into the corners of our medicated lives, where drug regulation runs up against medical practice, and concerns the use of a drug that has been approved for one use (in medical parlance, 'indication') being used for a different indication--alternatively, being used on a different set of patients from the ones it is approved for, or at a different dose. Usually the patient is unaware of what is going on, having not been informed by their doctor of this aspect of his or her prescribing choice. Cavalla examines how and why this occurs, what the various medical professions have to say about it, and how pharmaceutical companies benefit by moving into this poorly regulated area. He pulls these complex issues together in one volume, to highlight current practice, its advantages and weaknesses and how the author suggests practice should evolve in the future. --From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118912065 (electronic bk.) 1118912063 (electronic bk.) |