I would like to come back to the off-label use of medications. When a drug is prescribed off-label, is the patient sufficiently informed of the side effects or adverse effects of the drug, or the fact that it could be dangerous? When we read in the newspapers that a drug has killed someone, one wonders how such a thing is possible. The people in the immediate entourage of the patient, or the parents, are shocked and often challenge that use of the drug.
On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.