RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Excess of adipose visceral fat causing NAFLD regardless of.. Questions you may want to consider
If your healthcare provider is thinking about using an approved drug for an unapproved use, you may want to ask your healthcare provider questions like these:
- What is the drug approved for?
- Are there other drugs or therapies that are approved to treat my disease or medical condition?
- What scientific studies are available to support the use of this drug to treat my disease or medical condition?
- Is it likely that this drug will work better to treat my disease or medical condition than using an approved treatment?
- What are the potential benefits and risks of treating my disease or medical condition with this drug?
- Will my health insurance cover treatment of my disease or medical condition with this drug?
- Are there any clinical trials studying the use of this drug for my disease or medical condition that I could enroll in?
https://www.fda.gov/patients/learn-about-expanded-access-and-other-treatment-options/understanding-unapproved-use-approved-drugs-label
Off label prescriptions the way I see it are not financially scalable for various reasons, the drug’s label set by authorities is limited to the condition it was approved for so in case of adverse side effects the prescribing physician can get in trouble not sure many legit physicians are happy to take that risk also the insurance issue.
Point is the whole idea of clinical trials are to get that label. Now PLWH suffering from lipodystrophy and NAFLD/NASH could be legitimately prescribed Tesamorelin but as for general NASH we need that label.