71. Doctors can only prescribe drugs approved by the FDA although with its approval they can give patients experimental drugs as part of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy. 72. Doctors commonly prescribe marketed drugs for nonapproved uses, a practice known as off-label prescribing. 73. Doctors could prescribe the drug, which has been marketed over the counter as a stimulant, appetite suppressant and muscle enhancer. 74. Doctors frequently prescribe drugs for purposes not recommended on the label and not approved by the FDA. 75. Doctors now prescribe drugs for the disorder and then wait to see if they work. 76. Doctors then must prescribe those drugs alone. 77. Doctors in regular medical practice can prescribe the drug, and patients fill their prescriptions at local pharmacies. 78. Doctors prescribe countless drugs without knowing all their possible long-term effects. 79. Doctors prescribed drugs to control the seizures. 80. Doctors in New York and Washington are challenging state laws that forbid them to prescribe lethal drugs to mentally competent but terminally ill people who want to die. |
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