whether it's legal to dispense or prescribe against a contraindication or a bold or black box warning
October 2007
We're getting questions on whether it's legal to dispense or prescribe against a contraindication or a bold or black box warning.
It is...but your liability risk can increase.
A contraindication means that the risk of using a drug in a particular situation generally outweighs the therapeutic benefit.
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