 Off-Label Use
"Off-Label Use" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The practice of prescribing or using a drug outside the scope of the drug's official approved label as designated by a regulatory agency concerning the treatment of a particular disease or condition.
| Descriptor ID |
D056687
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.307.500
|
| Concept/Terms |
Off-Label Use- Off-Label Use
- Off Label Use
- Off-Label Uses
- Use, Off-Label
- Uses, Off-Label
- Off-Label Prescribing
- Off Label Prescribing
- Off-Label Prescribings
- Prescribing, Off-Label
- Prescribings, Off-Label
- Unlabeled Indication
- Indication, Unlabeled
- Indications, Unlabeled
- Unlabeled Indications
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Off-Label Use".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Off-Label Use".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Off-Label Use" by people in this website by year, and whether "Off-Label Use" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Off-Label Use" by people in Profiles.
-
San Giovanni CB, Sweeney B, Skelton JA, Kelsey MM, Kelly AS. Aversion to Off-label Prescribing in Clinical Pediatric Weight Management: The Quintessential Double Standard. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 06 16; 106(7):2103-2113.
-
Borzutzky C, King E, Fox CK, Stratbucker W, Tucker J, Yee JK, Kumar S, Cuda S, Sweeney B, Kirk S. Trends in prescribing anti-obesity pharmacotherapy for paediatric weight management: Data from the POWER Work Group. Pediatr Obes. 2021 01; 16(1):e12701.
-
McLaughlin M. Safe and effective medication utilization in pediatric patients requiring rehabilitation services during the Coronavirus pandemic of 2019. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2020; 13(3):221-223.
-
Stancil SL, Adelman W, Dietz A, Abdel-Rahman S. Naltrexone Reduces Binge Eating and Purging in Adolescents in an Eating Disorder Program. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2019 11; 29(9):721-724.
-
Apodaca TR, Moser NC. The use and abuse of prescription medication to facilitate or enhance sexual behavior among adolescents. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Jan; 89(1):22-4.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|