May 24, 2007 (San Diego) — A recent study found that among patients in a psychiatric hospital, the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine (Seroquel, AstraZeneca), which is approved for schizophrenia and ...

The use of antipsychotic medications for purposes other than those officially approved is common among older adults in ...

A new study finds that off-label drug use is associated with higher rates of adverse drug events in adults. Off-label use of prescription drugs is known to be associated with adverse drug events (ADEs ...

Although eculizumab is only approved by the FDA to treat 3 rare indications, the high and increasing net sales for the drug have raised concerns about off-label use, according to a research letter in ...

An off-label prescription drug has been shown to help some non-verbal children with autism discover the ability to speak. The drug, leucovorin, is a prescription vitamin that functions similarly to ...

Health Care Cost Associated With Contemporary Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Therapy Compared With That of Other Hematologic Malignancies As reported in previous studies, pharmaceutical products were ...

The hype around the off-label use of the immunosuppressant rapamycin to prevent aging and increase longevity could be unfounded. This is the warning of researchers who have critically explored ...