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OLU
(redirected from Off-label use)

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OLUColumbus, Nebraska (airport code)
OLUOff-Label Use (prescribed use of drug not in accordance with label of FDA approval)
OLUOpen Learning Unit (various locations)
OLUOrganization for Lukumi Unity (African diaspora religion group)
OLUOur Little Universe (online forum)
OLUOrganizacion de Latinos Unidos (Spanish: United Latino Organization)
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Marketing any drug for off-label uses is worthy of the highest rebuke, but this case is particularly unsettling because gabapentin, the active ingredient in Neurontin, has not been proven to be effective in treating bipolar disorder.
Online prescribing tools by Oldham, John M. / Clinical Psychiatry News
The proliferation of off-label uses constitutes powerful evidence against the argument that FDA regulation is necessary to prevent medical disasters because off-label uses are essentially unregulated by the FDA.
Prohibitions by Hall, Joshua / Independent Review
Off-label use may seem to safe, and clinicians may have observed that a specific drug seems to work for its off-label use.
The problem of unapproved and off-label prescriptions by Walden, Rachel / Women's Health Activist
 
 
 
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