Automated detection of off-label drug use.

Automated detection of off-label drug use.

Off-label drug use, defined as use of a drug in a manner that deviates from its approved use defined by the drug's FDA label, is problematic because such uses have not been evaluated for safety and efficacy. Studies estimate that 21% of prescriptions are off-label, and only 27% of those have ev...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Jung, Paea LePendu, William S Chen, Srinivasan V Iyer, Ben Readhead, Joel T Dudley, Nigam H Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3929699?pdf=render

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