Psychotropic medications are ... At times, healthcare providers prescribe medications for a purpose the drug was not initially FDA-approved for. This is called off-label prescribing.

The authors note that maintenance treatment with MDMA to prevent relapse is unlike most FDA-approved drugs, which may require chronic daily dosing for efficacy. In contrast, the proposed MDMA ...

A psychotropic describes any drug that affects behavior, mood, thoughts, or perception. This can include medications for anxiety and depression as well as antipsychotics, among others ...

also found that foster kids were more likely to be prescribed five or more psychotropic drugs at an age and at doses that exceed the maximum FDA-approved levels — both of which carry serious ...