 Off-Label Use
"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
- Unlabeled Indication
- Indication, Unlabeled
- Indications, Unlabeled
- Unlabeled Indications
- Off-Label Prescribing
- Off Label Prescribing
- Off-Label Prescribings
- Prescribing, Off-Label
- Prescribings, Off-Label
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Off-Label Use".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Off-Label Use".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Off-Label Use" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Off-Label Use" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Off-Label Use" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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C4 article: Challenges and solutions to appropriate and timely medication access in transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2020 02; 20(2):362-376.
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Zanaty M, Roa JA, Tjoumakaris SI, Jabbour P, Mouchtouris N, Sweid A, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Ishii D, Limaye K, Asi K, Samaniego EA, Hasan DM. Off-Label Use of the WEB Device. World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb; 134:e1047-e1052.
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McKinzie CJ, Chen L, Ehlert K, Grisso AG, Linafelter A, Lubsch L, O'Brien CE, Pan AC, Wright BA, Elson EC. Off-label use of intravenous antimicrobials for inhalation in patients with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 11; 54 Suppl 3:S27-S45.
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Mason TW, Retter A, Morgan GJ. Recombinant factor VIIa as a rescue therapy in severe haemoptysis in a patient with a Fontan circulation. Cardiol Young. 2018 Jan; 28(1):144-146.
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Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Wilcox A, Eble BK, Schmitz ML, Zakaria D. Spectrum of Off-Label Nitric Oxide Utilization After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Among Centers of Varying Surgical Volume. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Nov-Dec; 34(11-12):917-923.
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Goreczny S, Qureshi SA, Rosenthal E, Krasemann T, Nassar MS, Anderson DR, Morgan GJ. Comparison of self-expandable and balloon-expanding stents for hybrid ductal stenting in hypoplastic left heart complex. Cardiol Young. 2017 Jul; 27(5):837-845.
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Painter JT, Owen R, Henderson KL, Bauer MS, Mittal D, Hudson TJ. Analysis of the Appropriateness of Off-Label Antipsychotic Use for Mental Health Indications in a Veteran Population. Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Apr; 37(4):438-446.
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Nguyen KL, Yoshida T, Han F, Ayad I, Reemtsen BL, Salusky IB, Satou GM, Hu P, Finn JP. MRI with ferumoxytol: A single center experience of safety across the age spectrum. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 03; 45(3):804-812.
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Garner K, Padala P, Cox-Sullivan S. Reducing Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes. J Ark Med Soc. 2015 Jul; 112(1):12-3.
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Zhao W, Hill H, Le Guellec C, Neal T, Mahoney S, Paulus S, Castellan C, Kassai B, van den Anker JN, Kearns GL, Turner MA, Jacqz-Aigrain E. Population pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin in neonates and young infants less than three months of age. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Nov; 58(11):6572-80.
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Frattarelli DA, Galinkin JL, Green TP, Johnson TD, Neville KA, Paul IM, Van Den Anker JN. Off-label use of drugs in children. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar; 133(3):563-7.
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Barletta JF, Lat I, Micek ST, Cohen H, Olsen KM, Haas CE. Off-label use of gastrointestinal medications in the intensive care unit. J Intensive Care Med. 2015 May; 30(4):217-25.
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Bhutta AT, Beam B, Prodhan P. Temporal trends in use of sildenafil among pediatric patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov 15; 188(10):1269-71.
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