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Study, Oct/16: Off-Label Prescription of Psychopharmacological Drugs in Children


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This Danish study is entitled "Off-Label Prescription of Psychopharmacological Drugs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry". According to Wikipedia, "Off-label use is the use of pharmaceutical drugs for an unapproved indication or in an unapproved age group, dosage, or route of administration."  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-label_use )

 

Before you ask....Yes, benzodiazepines were one of the types of psychiatric medications prescribed to the children and adolescents in this study.  :(

 

The abstract concludes with the following:

 

"This study found a frequent use of off-label prescriptions when treating children and adolescents with psychopharmacological drugs other than ADHD medication. In addition, prescription of more than 1 psychotropic drug is common. These findings support the need for extending the evidence base for psychopharmacologic treatment in children and adolescents."

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529772

 

 

 

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