How to Use off-label in a Sentence

off-label

adjective
Definition of off-labelnext
  • They are not approved for weight loss but can be prescribed off-label by doctors.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • While it is not yet approved for weight loss, it might be used off-label for obesity—and soon to be approved for it.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That means doctors have to be familiar enough with the hormone to prescribe it off-label.
    — Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, a healthcare provider may prescribe medicines for off-label use.
    — Sarah Fielding, Health, 3 July 2023
  • Doctors still can prescribe it as an off-label for obesity or for those with a high body mass index (BMI) of 27kg/m2 or greater.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Your doc may also suggest off-label SLIT droplets, since these may help cat and dog allergies.
    — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 10 June 2024
  • That prompted people to seek out Ozempic (a lower dose of the same drug), via off-label prescriptions.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But then doctors began using them off-label to take weight off and then things really got hot for them.
    — David Sherer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Few weight-loss drugs have been approved for older children, although many are used off-label.
    — The Editors, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • Giving ketamine off-label doesn’t come with the same FDA requirements.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Some insurers cover off-label uses of GLP drugs while many do not.
    — Daniel Gilbert, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • Ozempic is not for off-label use, says Allison Schneider, a spokeswoman for Novo Nordisk, who makes the drug.
    — Claire Trageser, ELLE, 1 May 2023
  • Other forms of semaglutide, meanwhile, have been prescribed off-label for weight-loss treatment as well.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Ozempic and Mounjaro are being prescribed off-label for weight loss.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 12 June 2023
  • While these are not specifically approved for use in the jawline, many injectors do use them off-label to sculpt this area.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Ketamine was approved by the FDA as an anesthetic and is used off-label otherwise.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Misoprostol would still be available for both abortions and miscarriages on its own, but as an off-label use.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Its off-label use also has placed ketamine in a medical and legal gray area, Alexander said.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
  • Some doctors have been prescribing the diabetes drugs for off-label use by patients who don't have diabetes and just want to go down in waist size.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023
  • Over the past year, demand squeezed Wegovy supplies, so dieters asked their doctors to prescribe Ozempic for weight loss, an off-label use.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • In December, the company began prescribing a suite of drugs off-label for weight loss.
    — Madison Muller, Fortune, 20 May 2024
  • The former is approved only for diabetes; any use of it for weight loss is considered off-label, according to the FDA.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Doctors can still prescribe it for weight loss as an off-label medication.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • For pediatric care, physicians order at least one off-label drug in 18.5% of office visits.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • That’s why a health care professional should supervise this off-label use.
    — Joe Graedon, M.s., and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But the actual numbers are likely to be far higher because the data is drawn from insurance claims, and plans tend not to cover the drug’s off-label uses.
    — Chris Hamby, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But it is also often used off-label for breast cancer prevention.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And for all the uproar surrounding the resulting uptick in off-label ketamine use and abuse, the number of deaths is apparently so low that they are not even tracked by the government.
    — Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
  • It’s often prescribed off-label for weight loss, and its popularity may have led to a shortage of the product earlier this year.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That’s why the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory regime often approves drugs only for some (on-label) uses and not for other (off-label) uses of the same substance.
    — The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024

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