Could repurposing drugs alleviate mental illness?
Psychiatrists have made an intriguing discovery about a medication used to treat heart disease

Prescribing off-label is well-entrenched in clinical practice — think atypical antipsychotics for insomnia and antidepressants for back pain.
While authorities may frown on this practice, there’s no argument that both experimentation and serendipitous observations have, in some cases, advanced medicine.