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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.?

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. For decades, doctors have relied on anecdotal evidence and their own knowledge of disease — beyond findings in clinical trials — to provide therapy for conditions that .

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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. Now researchers have developed a list of 14 widely prescribed medications most urgently in need of additional study to determine how effective and safe they are for their off-label uses. Antidepressants and antipsychotics are ..

MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It's called "off-label" prescribing, and it's the common practice of doctors prescribing a drug to treat a disease or condition that's different from the one studied by federal regulators that led to the drug's approval in the first place.