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The [[FDA]] sharply impedes the development of new medications in the [[United States]], while [[communist]] [[China]] allows more freedom in rapidly developing and using new treatments.  But the FDA is not authorized to make decisions about the practice of medicine, and thus it is generally allowed for a physician to use an old medication for a new purpose if it has been previously approved without limitation by the FDA.  This is known as "off-label" use of a drug.

The [[FDA]] sharply impedes the development of new medications in the [[United States]], while [[communist]] [[China]] allows more freedom in rapidly developing and using new treatments.  But the FDA is not authorized to make decisions about the practice of medicine, and thus it is generally allowed for a physician to use an old medication for a new purpose if it has been previously approved without limitation by the FDA.  This is known as "off-label" use of a drug.

As explained by the website for the [[National Institutes of Health]]:<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538391/</ref>

As explained by the website for the [[National Institutes of Health]]:<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538391/</ref>

{{cquote|Off-label drug use involves prescribing medications for indications, or using a dosage or dosage form, that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Since the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the practice of medicine, OLDU has become common. It occurs in every specialty of medicine ....}}

{{cquote|Off-label drug use involves prescribing medications for indications, or using a dosage or dosage form, that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Since the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the practice of medicine, OLDU has become common. It occurs in every specialty of medicine ....}}