How is the "off-label" use of medications beneficial to patients and what are the risks of this practice? What are some of the ethical considerations and regulations related to the off-label use of drugs? How did the COVID-19 outbreak transform the use of "off-label" drugs?

The use of "off-label" medications is beneficial to patients in many scenarios. For example if a patient has a rare disease and has exhausted all the recommended options it can be very helpful to try experimental drugs not approved for that specific case. A risk of this practice is potential harmful side effects to the patients, because these drugs have not been extensively tested for that particular scenario there is risk in dangerous side effects.  Doctors have to be very conscious of the ethical considerations of the patients health as prescribing "off-label" drugs is a big risk.  The FDA will unapproved a drug immediately if there seems to be a pattern of dangerous side effects in using a certain "off-label" drug. The COVID-19 outbreak has transformed the use of these drugs as many doctors are prescribing them to their patients in order to help them. This had made the process much more common as there is no drug proven to work against COVID.  

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