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    I've been against animal testing and for human testing for quite awhile now. I often see ads asking for people to participate in clinical trials. Some offer free medical care and prescriptions related to the trial..many offer money.

    Since I have conditions(migraines,back problems, chronic pain) that pertain to these...I wonder. If I qualify..what a great way to 1) contribute by putting my body where my mouth is and 2) get free medical care and prescriptions and maybe some extra cash.

    The question I have is...how do you do it? How do you contact these places and how do you know if they are on the level?

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    You would have to travel up here to participate, but the potential payoff might make the trip worth it. That's the closest one to me.

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    I really wish I could sell my Step-Monster for medical experiments.

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    I've done it. My doctor told me how to participate. I got free medical care and $350 for 6 months participation for an anti PMS drug study.

    I'm also in an ongoing study on breast implants. I get about $200 a year in that study. Next year I have to get an MRI. I'm not looking forward to that. Hopefully I'll get some Valium outta the deal as well as the $200.


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    Be careful, you dont want to come out of it worse off which can happen.

    Be sure to find out what happens if something does go wrong including unforeseen long term effects. What were the reasons you were against this in the first place?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsQwerty View Post
    Be careful, you dont want to come out of it worse off which can happen.

    Be sure to find out what happens if something does go wrong including unforeseen long term effects. What were the reasons you were against this in the first place?
    I was never against it...just lazy about finding out the details.

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    Argh, ok.

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    ^^?? did I miss something?

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    Lol, no. I just hoped that you had been against them for similar reasons as me. (Im not totally against it, Im just not whole heartedly into it.)

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    Oh..ok..no. I cant be against pharmaceuticals since they have quite literally saved my life. And they cant be released untested on an unsuspecting public...so I support human testing over animal. Both for moral and logical reasons. The humans,esp if they are volunteers,have an understanding of whats going on and can make the choice for themselves,where the animals cannot. And its logical to test the drugs on the species they are meant to be used on since even a slight difference can drastically skew the results.

    Anyway...I didnt mean for this to become a drug testing debate so I will stop my own threadjack now.

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    ^^^Oh no, I agree over all with what you said there - didnt mean to thread jack either! Im more concerned about how that if / when something goes horribly wrong or if someone dies from the testing that result is often not included in the final result. The people concerned are just dropped from the test. Im wondering from how that effects insurance etc if youre not really part of the study. Your system is different to ours though so I havent a clue, that was all (-:
    I hope that made sense S-:

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    That made sense! I dont know completely how it works, but I dont doubt for a moment that Big Pharm skews results in its favor however possible.

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    There are websites where drug companies seek volunteers for their trials.
    Here is one such site
    It also has some information about what is involved in clinical trials.

    Wikipedia also has good article about clinical trials.

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    There are some here that pay several thousand dollars per visit, usually about a week or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsQwerty View Post
    ^^^Oh no, I agree over all with what you said there - didnt mean to thread jack either! Im more concerned about how that if / when something goes horribly wrong or if someone dies from the testing that result is often not included in the final result. The people concerned are just dropped from the test. Im wondering from how that effects insurance etc if youre not really part of the study. Your system is different to ours though so I havent a clue, that was all (-:
    I hope that made sense S-:
    There are a fair number of websites which will dig up this dirt on assorted & sundry drugs, by the way. I think the most common problem is that one or more of the 'rare' side effects is actually more common than it says, or racially linked (so that white people never get the side effect, Asian/Black/Native American people often/always do, but it just shows up as a percentage on the package.)

    For example... Wellbutrin. I'm on it right now and it's *exactly* what I need and I'm having no problems with it... but I researched the hell out of it before I let one pill slip my lips. (Also self-prescribed. Don't try this at home; I'm just experienced at tinkering with my neurochemistry.) One thing I found out in my research is that it's actually got a stronger link to seizures in people with any seizure history than the packaging makes it out to have; they just excluded people with seizure history from the later studies. Yay team.

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    Thanks for the info!

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    You Know What,.......?
    I Think There Is Alot Of Danger To Goin This Testing Drug's Team.....
    And If You Want To Know More Ask Me Why And I Will Post So Many Reports Makes You Unhappy About It

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