Ask a Healer Prescription Drugs Series

What is off-label prescribing?

The FDA has known about this issue of off-labeling because they launched an investigation back in on the subject: "Off-Label" Use of Marketed Drugs, Biologics and Medical Devices

I didn't find out about this from the FDA though. I got it from the same place I get a lot of good health info, from the Health Matters Newsletter. I recommend signing up for this free health resource.

Below, you will be reading the words of the newsletter's author, Ira Marxe. I like Ira. He's a no-nonsense person who cuts through the bull. This article, copyright, Ira Marxe, all rights reserved. introduction to off-label prescribing

What Exactly is Off-Label Prescribing?
Use (of a prescription drug) in higher doses is known as off-label prescribing. This is a dangerous practice that is common among doctors and tolerated by the FDA.

Since doctors have no clinical studies to go by, what they are doing is using their patients as guinea pigs.

Let's up the dosage and see what happens, and up the dosage and make more money.

And now we know from the independent studies that higher dosages can cause serious harm and death and yet, doctors are still writing prescriptions of higher dosages.

If you are a user of prescription drugs you need to be aware that these are not the only drugs being used off-label.

Many drugs are prescribed for diseases that had no scientific studies done and were never approved by the FDA, which is another form of off-label prescribing.

For many drugs, the off-label usage far exceeds prescriptions written for what was FDA approved.

I recommend you check with your pharmacist to find out whether or not the prescriptions you are using are off-label. If they are, I recommend you confront your doctor and ask them to justify the off-label prescribing they propose or may have implemented without telling you, before you become a statistic.

As I have said before, drugs do not heal, especially the drugs we are being offered today --- but nutrition does. Ira Marxe.

Off-labeling and anti-depressants

Want to live longer?
Ira says eat healthy nutrition, live a healthy lifestyle and get regular exercise, and he should know, he's 81 years young! I agree with Ira on that. Focus on antiaging nutrition and supplementation for continued vitality into your 80's too.

Ira Marxe is CEO of Good Health Supplements, home of GHS Plus for naturally clearing clogged arteries, an Ask-a-Healer-Recommended cardio supplement.

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Health Disclaimer: It is not my intention to cause panic or fear with this information on off-label prescribing but to educate. Talk with your pharmacists; talk with your doctor; investigate this health question online. It's your life and you can take charge of it. You earn the right to ask these questions when you pay your doctor bill so take advantage of your healthcare rights.