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If patients already know their illness by name, they should do some personal research on which drugs are used to alleviate their symptoms and cure their illness. When they gather the information, they should know what to expect from the medical professions. “From the FDA perspective, once the FDA approves a drug, healthcare providers generally may prescribe the drug for an unapproved use when they judge that it is medically appropriate for their patient (FDA, 2009). If the medicine provide by their medical professional is not what they expected it to be, they can either research the name of the medicine to see if it is off-label use or they can contact the FDA. The should look for the side effect and try to obtain the medicine approved to treat their illness instead of using the off-label