How to Use off-label in a Sentence

off-label

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• 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
• 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
• Few weight-loss drugs have been approved for older children, although many are used off-label.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The medication — taken by injection in the thigh, stomach or arm — is FDA-approved to treat Type 2 diabetes, but many have used it off-label for weight loss.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Holm advises gardeners to avoid off-label uses of chemicals and said the best plan is to hire a professional.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• The group ultimately recommended an off-label use in children, given the large number of kids affected by mpox in the DRC.
  — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
• Current buzz around semaglutide namely stems from its off-label use, primarily for weight loss.
  — Sarah Sloat, Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• This article will discuss how physicians are using it off-label.
  — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Lilly’s Mounjaro was approved last year as a diabetes treatment, though some people already use it off-label for weight loss.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 27 Apr. 2023
• For a while, these off-label prescriptions were getting covered without any issues.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023
• Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro is currently approved for diabetes but has been used off-label for weight loss.
  — Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 12 June 2023
• They have long been used in patients with diabetes, but their long-term effects aren’t well established in patients with obesity or those who use them off-label for weight loss.
  — Madison Muller, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024