> The caveat is that once a drug is approved for XYZ, doctors can, and do, prescribe it for anything else in their judgement. The caveat is that once a drug is

> The caveat is that once a drug is approved for XYZ, doctors can, and do, prescribe it for anything else in their judgement. The caveat is that once a drug is approved for XYZ, doctors can, and do, prescribe it for anything else in their judgement. Yes, but pharmaceutical companies cannot market the drug for non-approved uses or discuss off-label use when promoting or selling the drug. That is illegal. That illegal activity is exactly what the courts determined Purdue did - bribery, fraudulent marketing, and more. The issue is that Purdue broke the law (and that their sentences for breaking the law were way too light).