"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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.307.500
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Off-Label Use" by people in Profiles.
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Off-label use of aducanumab for cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Lancet Neurol. 2021 08; 20(8):596-597.
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Physician Guidance on the Use of Off-Labeled Drugs in Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Chronic Pain. Neuromodulation. 2019 10; 22(7):765-768.
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In reply to: “Inappropriate Off-label Use of a Qualitative, Point-of-care hCG Device”. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Feb; 18(2):326.
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Preparing for the uncertain yet inevitable: off-label combinations of antiviral agents in hepatitis C virus. Hepatology. 2014 May; 59(5):1688-91.
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Utility of leflunomide in the treatment of complex cytomegalovirus syndromes. Transplantation. 2010 Aug 27; 90(4):419-26.
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Outcomes of unselected recipients of sirolimus-eluting stents: the Cypher stent U.S. post-marketing surveillance registry. J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Feb; 22(2):48-55.
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Ectopic bone. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jan; 12(1):39.