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off-label

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 286 words | Copyright

off-la·bel • adj. (of a drug) prescribed in a way or for a condition not covered by the original FDA approval: this drug has been found useful in several off-label treatments [as adv.] children with severe anxiety disorders are given antidepressants off label.

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