[rscho]

In medicine, if you opt in for something that falls into the domain of the experimental or research, then you should know that you are doing this for yourself, but for others who will benefit from the knowledge that it worked or failed. If it works, it'll just be a happy accident and means absolutely nothing in isolation regarding population-level guidelines.

Which is why officially, people have a choice in participating to research studies but aren't allowed free access to whatever drug they want to take. This opinion is also supported by current medical ethics and practitioners have a duty to make their patients clearly understand that.

Fortunately for the rest of the world, american patients have a lot of trouble in understanding that last point.