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12588640

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
The off-label and unlicensed use of drugs to treat children is a common practice that occurs either in hospital or in the community. This derives from the fact that research for establishing drug efficacy and safety in children has not been carried out due to ethical problems, logistical difficulties, financial and legal concerns. In this work we report the studies available in literature documenting the extent of drug use in the paediatric field outside the recommendations of the license. From our analysis, a widespread attitude to prescribe medicines to children outside their product license either in the hospitals or in the community is confirmed. This suggests an immediate action for a more rationale use of drugs in paediatrics, to avoid exposing children and infants to unnecessary risks, but also to avoid depriving them of potentially effective and sometimes life-saving therapies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0767-3981
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
125-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Unlicensed and off-label uses of drugs in paediatrics: a review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy. laura.cuzzolin@univr.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review