Off-label psychopharmacologic prescribing for children: History supports close clinical monitoring

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Zito J.M. [1 ]
Derivan A.T. [2 ]
Kratochvil C.J. [3 ]
Safer D.J. [4 ]
Fegert J.M. [5 ]
Greenhill L.L. [6 ]
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[1] Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
[2] Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
[3] Psychopharmacology Research Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
[4] Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
[5] Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm
[6] Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
关键词
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Guanfacine; Pemoline; Primary Nocturnal Enuresis; Retrolental Fibroplasia;
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10.1186/1753-2000-2-24
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The review presents pediatric adverse drug events from a historical perspective and focuses on selected safety issues associated with off-label use of medications for the psychiatric treatment of youth. Clinical monitoring procedures for major psychotropic drug classes are reviewed. Prior studies suggest that systematic treatment monitoring is warranted so as to both minimize risk of unexpected adverse events and exposures to ineffective treatments. Clinical trials to establish the efficacy and safety of drugs currently being used off-label in the pediatric population are needed. In the meantime, clinicians should consider the existing evidence-base for these drugs and institute close clinical monitoring. © 2008 Zito et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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