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Post by ac on Aug 8, 2016 6:52:34 GMT -5
Has anybody done Covance this year that can update their VCT status? Thanks I screened last week, no VCT. So unless they make you sign soing at check-in, they still don't use it.
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Post by ac on Aug 7, 2016 13:43:59 GMT -5
I would also go with study two. I don't see anything wrong with it. Number one is radio label so you will have bodily fluids collected for the entire study. I can't poop in a bucket when they want me to so don't do those studies. Also, I have heard the tubes up your nose can be Very uncomfortable. There are enough "normal" studies that you should never have to settle for one like that. Number three I wouldn't do because having ECG leads stuck to me for long periods of time leaves a painful mark where my skin used to be once they are eventually taken off.
As long as you are not going across the country for a small amount of money then I would say study two is the obvious choice.
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Post by ac on Aug 5, 2016 18:56:00 GMT -5
I just did a screening in Madison. When I did the medical history review they said I was in the system as abstinent or condom with spermicide. She said I can't be labeled abstinent so she took that part off. So apparently that really is a thing. I guess the sponsors don't believe you if you say you're abstinent. Just say what you would use IF active.
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Post by ac on Apr 16, 2016 8:34:57 GMT -5
Well said smiling4areason. I agree with everything you said. A few people ruin things for everyone else. I wish the clinics would just punish those people instead of everyone. I just don't get it when I see the same person over and over again who is Always late. Why doesn't that person get banned rather than force all the good people to sit in a procedure room for hours on a bio day? I understand there's the occasional actual emergency and you may miss an OPV but it should happen Very rarely. If your parent or grandparent passed, show the obituary, and that should be excused but if you're missing an OPV so you can get into another study, you should be banned. Instead the clinics assume other people will do the same and that's why there's restrictions on how far you can live from the clinic at some places. It ruins it for the good people which is just not right. There are plenty of good labrats so punish those who are not good and leave the good ones alone.
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Post by ac on Mar 17, 2016 9:20:10 GMT -5
Not a good idea. Typically you can only screen for one study at a time for any given clinic. If you screen at several clinics and get accepted at multiple clinics, that could be a problem. If you screen and are accepted for check-in then "no-show", that's a good way to get banned or at least suspended from a clinic.
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Post by ac on Feb 26, 2016 14:13:56 GMT -5
You should be filing taxes so just show them your tax return. You could also show them your pay stubs.
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Post by ac on Dec 5, 2015 21:03:00 GMT -5
for my part, i choose to compete at clinics with high standards, well-trained staff, and respect for volunteers. i only wish there were more of them. I'm curious, which clinics do you feel fit your description?
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Post by ac on Oct 23, 2015 8:00:18 GMT -5
www.clinicalrsvp.com/ is the place doing fingerprinting. it's a competitor/alternative to vct. it's used at least at spaulding, , some places in florida and ontario. so far it's caught one person trying to do a study at spaulding without finishing their 30 day washout. seems to me it's mostly ineffective since most sites dont use it, but there could be wider adoption as time goes on. I've done 7 studies at Spaulding in the last 3 years and i'm in one now. I've never been fingerprinted. They have VCT but there's no fingerprinting involved.
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Post by ac on Oct 11, 2015 12:27:20 GMT -5
I did a study that combined drugs for HIV and Hep C. I had to take a large number of pills every day but I had no side effects. That being said, those drugs are strong anti-virals and it would be a good idea not to do back to back studies with the same type of drug.
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Post by ac on Oct 6, 2015 12:45:30 GMT -5
bunk beds: springfield, morgantown, st charles. shared rooms: covance, , davita, vince, spaulding, snbl hospital beds in one big ward: parexel medpace: it depends. Spaulding has bunks in the east building, just ed this year. The rooms are different sizes and have anywhere from 1-4 bunks for 2-8 people in each room. They won't tell you at screening which section you'll be in.
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Post by ac on Oct 1, 2015 9:35:46 GMT -5
In all honesty...I'd rather be in the dorm rooms with bunk beds than the hospital. Because at least u have privacy in a dorm...especially with the bottom bunks. The hospital is one big room and everybody that walks by your bed is staring you down. If the tiny rooms with 8 people in bunk beds is the "good" part of PPDs housing then I will never even consider returning to that clinic.
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Post by ac on Sept 28, 2015 15:52:38 GMT -5
Yea....and your roommates will be assholes and rude pricks. In 18 studies i've had approx. 65 different roommates. Of those 65, at least 50 fit your description. All it takes is one in your room and the study is shot. Unfortunately the a$$hole pr!cks are the norm not the exception. That's the case regardless of the clinic.
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Post by ac on Sept 27, 2015 9:40:53 GMT -5
None of the clinics are a nice place to stay. You always have to share rooms and the noise level is always too high. I've heard that Vince & Associates has the best housing but I haven't been there so can't say for sure. is the best place of the 6 clinics i've been to but they pay a little on the lower side. Some places can vary greatly. At Spaulding you can be in a room with just 2 people or you can be on floor 3 east and have bunk beds with up to 8 people in too small of a room.
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Post by ac on Sept 26, 2015 22:32:21 GMT -5
Most clinics pack in too many people into too small of a space. PPD is the worst of the 6 clinics i've been to. In the section I was in, we had 8 people in bunk beds in a very small room with no windows. My least favorite place to go. It pays well per night but there are better options.
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Post by ac on Sept 5, 2015 11:45:53 GMT -5
I've heard from some people that went through this...max bmi is 45 right? No major problems that i can report. Side effects, well just about every drug i've taken has seizers, blood pressure drop, or some scary side effect. though usually this is such a rare event and discovered in multiple dose studies. But of course ask your screener for more details regarding the AEs...if they are vague or don't now ask to take to the CRC if possible. No, max BMI is 32. This is a study that has had multiple cohorts since May. It's the one with 18 OPVs.
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