Bureaucrats vs. Physicians: Have Doctors Been Stripped of Their Power to Determine the Proper Use of Human Growth Hormone in Treating Adult Disease?

Ryan Cronin

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Bureaucrats vs. Physicians: Have Doctors Been Stripped of Their Power to Determine the Proper Use of Human Growth Hormone in Treating Adult Disease?

Author: Ryan Cronin (Washington University School of Law)

Abstract

Keywords: Somatotropin, Legislative intent, Off label prescribing, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Growth Hormone deficiency (GHd), Human growth hormone (hGH), Controlled Substances Act, Administrative deference, Physicians, United States

How to Cite: Cronin, R. (2008) “Bureaucrats vs. Physicians: Have Doctors Been Stripped of Their Power to Determine the Proper Use of Human Growth Hormone in Treating Adult Disease?”, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. 27(1).