A prescriber orders a drug that is considered "off label." A patient asks what "off label" means. The nurse correctly explains that "off label" means that a drug is
a. still being tested in the FDA experimental stages.
b. FDA approved for one use but is being prescribed for another purpose.
c. in the "fast-track" FDA approval process to expedite use.
d. a schedule I drug but may be used as a schedule II drug.
ANS: B
The term off label indicates that the drug is approved for one use but may be used for a different purpose.
A drug still being tested in the FDA experimental stages is called an investigational drug.
The term fast track refers to the expeditious nature in which a drug would be channeled for approval by the FDA.
The classification of scheduled drugs has to do with abuse potential, not labeled or unlabeled uses.
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