Posted by utopizen on May 30, 2003, at 22:52:51
In reply to Re: Xyrem (GHB) - Why isn't anyone curious?, posted by Jack Smith on May 30, 2003, at 19:16:38
At this seminar, they are not going to talk about off label uses because the drug company cannot promote them.
>>>>Jack,
it's a 5 minute phone call, the patient and doc must make, recorded message. Once a doc does this, he doesn't have to do it again. If I'm seeing the best sleep neurologist clinic in the world, don't you think my sleep neurologist has already been registered with the database? I'm well aware of the procedure, and there's no "seminar." it's more like an answering machine message than a seminar. Saying it was a teleconference would be hyperbole.
And once again, the traditional treatment for narcolepsy is amphetamines in higher doses than those taken for ADHD. My neurologist gave a concerned look when I said I took Desoxyn, and said there's a lot of promise with Provigil and Xyrem. And I'm pretty sure the hospital does clinical trials for off-label uses of the drug per the maker's request anyway.
Docs actually feel more experienced and elite when they prescribe off-label, especially when they go to a top-notched Harvard Med teaching hospital. They get to write case studies to journals, brag to their colleagues on how creative and trendy they are, and so fourth. It's different than going to a doc at a private practice. It's a research hospital because they're doing something NEW. That's why it's called a RESEARCH hospital. Otherwise it would be a HOSPITAL.
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