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  1. Off-Label Drug Use Common, but Patients May not Know They're Taking Them, Mayo Finds

    Off-label drug use is common. · Patients may not know when drugs they have been prescribed are being used off-label. · Off-label drug use can become the ...

  2. Do Patients Know They're Taking Off-Label Drugs? - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Health care providers and patients should educate themselves about off-label drugs in order to weigh the risks and benefits before a physician prescribes one or ...

  3. Cardiac risks of off-label drugs to treat COVID-19 - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Off-label means the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat a different condition. Some of the off-label drugs being used to treat ...

  4. Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cardiac risks of off-label drugs to treat COVID-19

    Off-label means the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat a different condition. Some of the off-label drugs being used to treat ...

  5. Guidance on patients at risk of drug-induced sudden cardiac death from off-label COVID-19 treatments - Mayo Clinic News Network

    While new and repurposed drugs are being tested in clinical trials, some of these promising drugs are simultaneously being used off-label for compassionate use ...

  6. Mayo Clinic goes off-label to treat severe bleeding disorder

    For people with a rare bleeding disorder called "hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia," or HHT, simple issues such as a nosebleed can be life-threatening.

  7. Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic - Mayo Clinic News Network

    "In general, physicians are allowed to prescribe drugs off-label — that is, without adhering to the indications or warnings included in the drug label. But ...

  8. Antidepressants for children and teens - Mayo Clinic

    ... label antidepressants with ... Physicians may use their medical judgment to prescribe other antidepressants for children for what's called off-label use.

  9. Oxybutynin lessens hot flash frequency, improves breast cancer survivor quality of life, Mayo-led study finds

    Leon-Ferre said that since oxybutynin is already available for other indications, physicians could potentially prescribe it off-label. However, he says the ...

  10. Low Dose Naltrexone to Improve Physical Health in Patients With Vasculitis - Mayo Clinic

    Naltrexone is an FDA approved drug (for alcoholism) that has found widespread use "off-label" to treat pain and improve quality of life at much lower doses ...