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Documents reveal that a renowned child psychiatrist pushed Johnson & Johnson to fund a research center whose goal was ?to move forward the commercial goals of J&J.?

It is common for physicians to prescribe drugs for conditions they aren't specifically approved for but in many cases there is not enough evidence to justify the practice, a new report concludes.

Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of FDA approval - a practice known as off-label prescribing. Yet they say the problem is so big they don't know how to begin tackling it.

Medical investigators who've identified 14 medications prescribed regularly for purposes other than those approved by federal drug regulators are calling for research on so-called off-label uses to determine safety for patients.

A new study published on Tuesday in the journal Pharmacotherapy lists 14 medications commonly prescribed for off-label uses that require additional testing to prove their safety and effectiveness for such uses, USA Today reports.

Title: 'Off-Label' Drug Use Is Common Category: Health News Created: 11/25/2008 Last Editorial Review: 11/25/2008

WATERVILLE, Maine -- A Paula Abdul fan who was found dead in a car near the Los Angeles home of the pop star she admired is being remembered in Maine by family members who say she struggled with depression and eating disorders as she pursued her dream of stardom.

When women seem bound to give birth early, many doctors give them a drug called nifedipine to try to delay delivery. You might know nifedipine better as Procardia, a name that implies its approved use -- easing heart pain...

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com Controversy again stirs in the area of psychiatric medications. In this case the increasing use of new powerful psychotropic medications for children is being questioned.