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Re:Another drug approved despite review board by derlvative on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:53AM (#40777577)
This is a good point. Doctors can prescribe drugs approved for disease X off label to treat disease Y even when effectiveness against Y has not been proven. In this case, the drug has not been approved for any disease so it can't be prescribed. Just goes to show how arbitrary the rules are.
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Re:Another drug approved despite review board by johnmaguire on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:54AM (#40777593)
I'm not sure that makes it "arbitrary." Approval is not just about effectiveness but also risks and side effects.
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Re:Another drug approved despite review board by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 24, 2024 @12:22PM (#40777942)
If we've gotten to Phase III, the risks and side effects are understood as well as they would be for a doctor prescribing off label. While I might not call it arbitrary, I would say it's an unappreciated edge case.
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