If You Use Seroquel Off-Label, it Could be Dangerous!
Seroquel is often used off-label to treat other disorders, such as
post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, hallucinations in Parkinson's
disease patients using ropinirole, Tourette syndrome, and as a sedative for
those with sleep disorders.
Off-label use is the practice of prescribing
drugs for a purpose outside the scope of the drug's approved label, most often
concerning the drug's indication. In the United States, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) requires numerous clinical trials to prove a drug's safety
and efficacy in treating a given disease or condition. If satisfied that the
drug is safe and effective, the drug's manufacturer and the FDA agree on
specific language describing dosage, route and other information to be included
on the drug's label. More detail is included in the drug's package insert.
However, once the FDA approves a drug for prescription use, they do not attempt
to regulate the practice of medicine, and so the physician makes decisions based
on her or his best judgment. It is entirely legal in the United States and in
many other countries to use drugs off-label. Exceptions to this are certain
controlled substances, such as opiates, which cannot be legally prescribed
except for approved purposes (at least in the U.S.). In Australia, amphetamines
are included in these drugs which cannot be prescribed off-label.
Some
drugs are used more frequently off-label than for their original, FDA-approved
indications. A 1991 study by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that
one-third of all drug administrations to cancer patients were off label and more
than half of cancer patients received at least one drug for an off-label
indication[citation needed]. Frequently the standard of care for a particular
type or stage of cancer involves the off-label use of one or more drugs. An
example is the use of tricyclic antidepressants to treat neuropathic pain. This
old class of antidepressants is now rarely used for clinical depression due to
side effects, but the tricyclics are often effective for treating pain.
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