Posted by utopizen on December 6, 2002, at 17:36:54
In reply to Re: Clonazepam ... » utopizen, posted by BrittPark on December 6, 2002, at 16:32:26
I've never said anything about off-label.
Once a drug is approved, it is able to be used for anything.
It's not the indication that's always the issue-- it's the dose and appropriateness of the medicine for the individual. Desoxyn is approved for weight loss, but that doesn't give doctors a green light to set up those weight loss Desoxyn clinics they use to have (a la Requiem for a Dream).
It simply states in the Act that doctors must prescribe in accordance to their peers. If it's inconsistent with their peers, then that can be interpreted by a judge as a violation of that Act. It would have to be pretty blatant, though, for a judge to interpret it that way. Hiring a look-out guy to ensure your patients don't sell their drugs outside your office after they pick them up from your partnering pharmacy in crime next door, yeah, that might lead to an investigation over why your patients are getting these drugs in the first place.
Actually, I'm sure they wrote "peers" as a safeguard so the DEA can't arrest doctors doing the same thing everyone else is...
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