Which of the Following Statements About Off-Label Use of a Drug

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about off-label use of a drug is FALSE?

• A)About 20 percent of medications are prescribed for off-label use.
• B)Many off-label uses are safe.
• C)It occurs when a drug is approved by the FDA for one purpose and then prescribed for a purpose not listed on the label.
• D)It occurs most often when doctors err in prescribing a drug.

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Definitions:

Mean

A measure of central tendency that is calculated by summing the values in a dataset and dividing by the number of values.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that depicts the distribution of data points in a way where most of the observations cluster around the mean, showing the properties of symmetry and asymptotic tails.

Standard Deviation

A metric indicating the degree of spread or diversity among values in a dataset.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the total number of values.