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Taking Medicines as Prescribed
Overview
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health, and perhaps your life, at risk.
Taking your medicines as your doctor says may include:
Off-Label Drug Use: What You Need to Know
The next time your doctor writes you a prescription, consider this: The medication may not be approved for your specific condition or age group. But you probably shouldn't call the medical board. The practice, called "off-label" prescribing, is entirely legal and very common. More than one in five outpatient prescriptions written in the U.S. are for off-label therapies. "Off-label" means the medication is being used in a manner not specified in the FDA's approved packaging label, or insert...
Read the Off-Label Drug Use: What You Need to Know article > >
- What time you take them, such as in the morning or evening, or at 8 a.m. or 6 p.m.
- How much you take, such as 2 teaspoons or 3 pills.
- How you take them, such as with water, with food, or on an empty stomach.
- How long you take them, such as for 2 months or until your doctor says to stop.
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July 31, 2009
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