Responsabilização civil do médico e a prescrição off label de medicamentos em tempos de pandemia do COVID-19

Abstract

The problem highlighted in this Course Conclusion Paper is the off-label prescription of drugs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the possibility of holding physicians accountable in cases of off-label prescription use. It is worth mentioning that, with the arrival of the COVID pandemic in Brazil, which occurred in mid-March 2020, everyone was taken by surprise, and the greatest adaptation, arguably, had to come from healthcare professionals. Doctors, in the same way, were forced to update themselves and fight against the invisible enemy, and for that, several weapons were used, one of them being the off-label prescription. It so happens that, at the same time that the country was going through great instability, a wave of denial took part of the population, who were commanded by the President of the Republic, and with that, a moral, ethical and political discussion began, one side became known as the proscience side, while the other followed the opposite path, adopting the use of various fake news to disseminate information about various medications. And that will be the object of this article, the search for answers, as well as the proposal of solutions for the discussion about the possibility of a doctor being held responsible for the off-label use of drugs in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Thus, the present study is divided into three chapters. Finally, it is noteworthy that the work was developed from an exploratory bibliographic study, with consultation of laws, books, websites, articles and various judgments on the subject [resumo fornecido pelo autor]