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
• The drug is often prescribed for off-label use to treat a range of pain conditions, studies show.
  — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
• That means doctors have to be familiar enough with the hormone to prescribe it off-label.
  — Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
• Bhattacharya responded that the NIH should fund research to look at off-patent, off-label uses of drugs.
  — Victoria Knight, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
• 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
• Your doc may also suggest off-label SLIT droplets, since these may help cat and dog allergies.
  — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 10 June 2024
• 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
• But then doctors began using them off-label to take weight off and then things really got hot for them.
  — David Sherer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
• Few weight-loss drugs have been approved for older children, although many are used off-label.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• While minoxidil is not a cure for TE, it has been used off-label for this condition.
  — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 10 July 2025
• Giving ketamine off-label doesn’t come with the same FDA requirements.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Other forms of semaglutide, meanwhile, have been prescribed off-label for weight-loss treatment as well.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Its off-label use also has placed ketamine in a medical and legal gray area, Alexander said.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
• 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
• In December, the company began prescribing a suite of drugs off-label for weight loss.
  — Madison Muller, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• 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
• An off-label prescription drug has been shown to help some non-verbal children with autism discover the ability to speak.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
• Doctors can still prescribe it for weight loss as an off-label medication.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
• For pediatric care, physicians order at least one off-label drug in 18.5% of office visits.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
• While the researchers don't have an exact number for how widespread the use of rapamycin is, based on the team's connections with practitioners, Hands predicts there are likely thousands of people engaged in off-label use of the drug.
  — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
• The actor had been using the drug through his regular doctor in a legal but off-label treatment for depression, which has become increasingly common.
  — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025