http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/28/medicated-americans/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/28/medicated-americans/#comment-6826 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/medicated-americans/#comment-6826 Hi Michael,
Point taken. I think a better description would be that there is less strong evidence.
I don’t know of any situation where enough evidence exists to fulfil FDA approval but the company has not bothered to apply, however, it’s still possible to have strong evidence without something being licensed as you mention.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/28/medicated-americans/#comment-6825 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:28:01 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/medicated-americans/#comment-6825 A small point, Vaughan. Off-label does not equal lack of strong evidence. Citalopram, for example, is off-label for premature ejaculation, and there is pretty strong evidence for such a use (http://www.nature.com/ijir/journal/v14/n6/full/3900918a.html).
Whether treatment for a condition is on or off-label depends on FDA approval. But “FDA-approved” and “science based” are not interchangeable – often companies simply don’t bother getting their medicine registered for more conditions, as it is too expensive.

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