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Aurornistoday at 1:13 PM1 replyview on HN

Off label prescribing is extremely common.

This isn’t a new or novel concept. Doctors manage patients with off-label prescriptions all day long.


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mothballedtoday at 2:08 PM

To get a drug approved you have to go through regulatory approval for a particular use. If the fuck-fuck game is you can just off-label for whatever but only if first approved by the FDA to solve some other problem, why not just bypass the bullshit and get straight to the point of approving the drug without any approved use? Oh yes, because that assures the barriers to entry are arbitrarily higher, and Pfizer and other ilk can insulate themselves from competition. Thanks FDA!

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