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In reply to the discussion: Ohio lawmaker says she'll press crimes against humanity charge against Trump over hydroxychloroquine [View all]Igel
(35,274 posts)for the use of chloroquine from the strategic stockpile for certain patients. The requirement is that they be monitored and issues/outcomes reported back.
Off-label uses are fairly frequent and most people either applaud or condemn them based not on off-label use but what they think about the drug. When wife had child she had milk issues, rummaged, and found a drug mix that was recommended by some for increased milk production--two fairly safe drugs but used off-label. She got a prescription, found a compounding pharmacy, ordered the stuff produced for her use, and it was in her mailbox a week later.
Or take medical marijuana. It was a victory, many said, when it was approved for any one thing. Because off-label use made it available for prescription for anything. No issues there with "medical experiments on American human guinea pigs."