Off-label use…

Fresh numbers (from here):

About 11 percent of the medications were prescribed for off-label use, and 79 percent of off-label use lacked strong scientific evidence, the researchers found. The amount of off-label use in this study was less than in a previous U.S. study, the authors noted in a journal news release.

The investigators found that the highest rate of off-label use involved central nervous system drugs (26 percent), anti-infective agents (17 percent), and ear-nose-throat medications (15 percent). The study also found that drugs with three or four approved uses were less likely to be prescribed off-label than those with one or two approved uses.

Well, it looks like doctors are also “creative” and try to make their own research. You can guess who are the guinea pigs for their experiments…