According to their website, the FDA is responsible for aiding the advancement of public health by fostering renovations that make medicine more effective, safe, and affordable.
The FDA also helps the public get accurate information regarding the things they consume, information that can affect health.
In addition, the FDA regulates tobacco in America, keeping the public informed of changes in legislation and reducing its use by minors.
There is often confusing regarding whether a medication has FDA approval. reports Julie Wright, president of Diet Doc. With concern for their patients' available money, approximately 40% of all medication prescribed in America is considered "off label".
It seems that when someone's ability to pay for medicine is concerned, it's probably a good thing that the FDA cannot prevent doctors from prescribing cheaper off label medication.
Dr. Rao, medical director of hCGTreatments / Diet Doc agrees with off-label prescribing as he says "it's up to the physician and clinical evidence on the medication and health condition whether a doctor will prescribe off-label".
Prescription of cheaper, off label medications is an important part of contemporary medicine in America. Many patients benefit when they receive drugs or devices under circumstances not specified on the label approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Off label use often provides the best care option for patients. In oncology, pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, and other practice areas, patient care could not proceed without off-label prescribing. Medical science is often ahead of trends, so when off label prescriptions are given in regards to new information, patients benefit.
The National Institute of Health states "0ff-label prescribing is an integral part of contemporary medicine. Many patients benefit when they receive drugs or devices under circumstances not specified on the label approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). An off-label use may provide the best available intervention for a patient, as well as the standard of care for a particular health problem. In oncology, pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, and other practice areas, patient care could not proceed without off-label prescribing. When scientific and medical evidence justify off-label uses, physicians promote patients’ interests by prescribing products off label."
So to promote the idea that an off label product is not useful simply because the FDA has not yet declared it to be, seems a little short sighted. FDA approval is limited to many huge companies, as it can take millions of dollars and numerous years. The only companies with this type of financial backing are large pharmaceutical companies.
All of the time and money that went into getting FDA approval is then passed on to consumers via astronomical medication costs.
There were recently 2 weight loss pills approved by the FDA. One of them, Qsymia is only shown to produce weight loss of 12 pounds in a year! This is probably one of the slowest weight loss diet pills or diet plans I've ever seen. I think that literally, walking around the block once a day for a year will allow you to lose 12 pounds!
A lot of people see this shining FDA approved, and forget that the scientists conducting studies, the money spent for these drugs' approval are all working for the pharmaceutical company, who will inevitably label the drug as a MIRACLE, and then slap an exorbitant price tag on it.
Meanwhile, we continue to provide the nations least expensive hCG diet, and the only guaranteed weight loss in the business, with or without FDA approval.
And Just a reminder, hCG is also FDA approved.