But experts expect doctors to begin prescribing it quickly for "off-label" uses.

Still, the researcher methodically minimized the drugs' problems and urged us all to begin prescribing them.

But the potential benefits of thalidomide are vast, and experts expect doctors to quickly begin prescribing it for "off-label" uses.

So why did we ever begin prescribing hormone replacement therapy to prevent heart disease?

Friends in Paris soon followed his example and physicians began prescribing the sour milk diet for their patients.

In the 1960's, when another class of antihypertension drugs known as beta blockers were first marketed, some doctors began prescribing them for Marfan's.

Not long after, Dr. Beezly began prescribing sedatives and she calmed down considerably.

What if doctors begin prescribing thalidomide for trivial disorders?

But they began prescribing the drugs "to supplement their incomes because they don't want to go the HMO way," he added.

When Gerson began prescribing his regimen for patients, he did not consider his therapy a cure for cancer.