Glossary

Off-Label Use or Misuse

Situations where a medicinal product is intentionally used for a medical purpose not in accordance with the marketing authorization. For instance, medicine used:

  • For disease that it is not approved to treat
  • Through different route or method of administration
  • With different dose
  • In different group of patients

They are not medication errors, as they are intentional.

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