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The Law and Practice of Off-Label Prescribing and Physician Promotion

Shariful A. Syed, Brigham A. Dixson, Eduardo Constantino and Judith Regan
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online November 2020, JAAPL.200049-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200049-20
Shariful A. Syed
Dr. Syed is Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Dixson is a health care and government investigations attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantino is Vice-Chair for Education, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Regan is a staff psychiatrist at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, and practicing attorney at North, Pursell & Ramos PLC, Nashville, TN.
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Brigham A. Dixson
Dr. Syed is Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Dixson is a health care and government investigations attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantino is Vice-Chair for Education, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Regan is a staff psychiatrist at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, and practicing attorney at North, Pursell & Ramos PLC, Nashville, TN.
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Eduardo Constantino
Dr. Syed is Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Dixson is a health care and government investigations attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantino is Vice-Chair for Education, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Regan is a staff psychiatrist at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, and practicing attorney at North, Pursell & Ramos PLC, Nashville, TN.
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Judith Regan
Dr. Syed is Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Dixson is a health care and government investigations attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantino is Vice-Chair for Education, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Regan is a staff psychiatrist at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, and practicing attorney at North, Pursell & Ramos PLC, Nashville, TN.
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JAAPL.200049-20
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200049-20
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  • Published online November 24, 2020.

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  1. Shariful A. Syed, MD,
  2. Brigham A. Dixson, MBA, JD,
  3. Eduardo Constantino, MD and
  4. Judith Regan, MD, JD, MBA
  1. Dr. Syed is Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Dixson is a health care and government investigations attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantino is Vice-Chair for Education, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Regan is a staff psychiatrist at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, and practicing attorney at North, Pursell & Ramos PLC, Nashville, TN.
  1. Address correspondence to: Shariful A. Syed, MD. E-mail: shariful.syed{at}stonybrookmedicine.edu.
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Shariful A. Syed, Brigham A. Dixson, Eduardo Constantino, Judith Regan
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