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Post by beatman on Jun 4, 2017 22:07:17 GMT -5
you are expect to wake up extra early and sometimes last blood draw for the night is at 1 am
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Post by beatman on May 22, 2016 9:04:11 GMT -5
i am going to do medical for another weekend study. time get more MP3s because it is likley i will not be sitting close to a wall socket . my laptop battery last for 1 hour.
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Post by beatman on Mar 19, 2016 16:40:36 GMT -5
So i checked in last night and i am in the clinic. they spit us in 2 groups. subjects numbers 1-27 in one clinic and 28-54 in the other clinic. i am in the 1-27 one.the tv was on news channel this morning and then switched to a movie channel. the internet is faster this month than in december. youtube, netfix work and internet radio works fairly well. in the other clinic 28-54 their tv is on sports all day. the only bad thing is in most cases you don't get to sit near a wall socket if your laptop battery only lasts 2 hours or less. apps like tune in used to listen to internet radio drains my smartphone battery. i was lucky i have over 3 days of mp3 music on my smartphone. my laptop battery last one hour so i am thinking of ing a new laptop battery that lasts hours. throughout the day the reading room, the bunker rooms and the recreation room with the PS3 and the wired desktop are all locked. in 1-27 clinic those rooms will be at 6pm. radio signals in the clinic is poor. on the fm band the only stations i get are those that use the CN Tower to transmit thier signal . on the am band you can only get signals in the bunker rooms if you put the radio on the window ledge you get 680 news radio and fairchild radio 1430. am radio signals were stronger in the other clinic where i stayed in december.
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Post by beatman on Mar 18, 2016 12:04:01 GMT -5
tonight i will be checking in and leave Sunday morning. i will check in again for part 2 in the last weekend of April
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Post by beatman on Mar 6, 2016 11:43:18 GMT -5
more good news.
i was on stand by because the people who want to do the study wanted 30 people my number is above 30 so i am at priority to do another weekend study starting nextweek so i have to do a pre-screening again for that study
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Post by beatman on Mar 5, 2016 20:19:02 GMT -5
the good news is the wi fi is faster than when i stayed last December. the tv was on a lifetime or a life time movie channel that was showing a movie when are arrived. the tv is now tuned to A and E.
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Post by beatman on Mar 5, 2016 17:19:11 GMT -5
i am at the clinic . i did the medical screening, call for the results assign a number and told to check in today at 11am. it is about an asthma medication which involves inhaling. i passed the practice tests. everything as all good until i am placed in stand by. this means if somebody fail during the dosing which is very unlikely. i may take part in the study. i might leave the clinic tommorow. this is a waste of my time.
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Post by beatman on Mar 4, 2016 10:11:52 GMT -5
25 hours to go to see if they will force volunteers to watch one channel and ignoring request to change to a channel with movies and tv shows
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Post by beatman on Mar 2, 2016 17:44:13 GMT -5
Today i get 5 movie dvds from the local library.
here what they website says
[What will I do while staying at the clinic? Our clinic has a state-of-the-art entertainment system including 52-inch LCD televisions, surround sound, and PlayStation3 consoles. With over 200 channels, a DVD collection, and an assortment of PlayStation3 games, we hope to make your stay at our clinic as enjoyable as possible.]
i will mention this on their website if they refuse volunteer requests to change the channel
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Post by beatman on Feb 26, 2016 15:05:40 GMT -5
Next week Saturday I will do another study with them. I am going back their because i emailed volunteers@pharmamedica.com and tell them the exact problems i explain my bad experience in the pharma medica thread. I got a call from a man at the clinic and told him abut the staff refusing to change the channel which is stuck on a sports channel ignoring my and other people's request to change it.. I also told him about the slow internet service. he said he will talk to the nurses/staff and since i told him the study number he can track down the staff that helped with the study i was in.
Next Week Saturday when i go to start volunteering. i will post updates. during the weekend and the other weekend when i stay at the clinic.
next week Saturday i will ask the nurses if we are going to be forced to watch one channel and ignore our requests to change it to soing entertaining while telling them my previous experience in December when I was there. i will post updates on their reactions and reasons if they refuse to change the channel. so next week i will check the tv listings to see what movies i would want to watch during my stay. I will also download music to listen to just in case their internet is slow and unreliable to the point that you cannot watch youtube videos, i will also bring a couple movie dvds if they ignore requests to change the channel.
stay tune to this thread. as i post my experience during my stay in their next study. if their internet is still slow and unreliable. i may not be able to post a lot of updates. so i will post updates on monday. and the monday the other week after my second weekend stay.
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Post by beatman on Jan 15, 2016 23:17:41 GMT -5
it's a drug that affect the brain and nervous system. i avoid trials that have drugs that affect the brain
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Post by beatman on Dec 24, 2015 23:39:51 GMT -5
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Post by beatman on Dec 24, 2015 23:33:26 GMT -5
reading this looks promising. according to Apotex you can do clinical trials 60 days after your last I finish this week so i won't be able to do clinical trials until late February-march www.apotex.com/ca/en/rnd/facility.aspOur Clinical Operations Facility has over 30,000 square feet of space and is capable of housing over 100 subjects. The environment is bright, comfortable and clean. The subject lounge is warm and relaxing and is furnished with a pool table and satellite TVs. The sleeping areas are private and there are quiet areas designated for reading and studying. Subjects are monitored regularly throughout the study by qualified medical personnel. We have a staff of appmately 100, trained to international standards for clinical studies. looks like they have more than one tvs where unlike Pharma medica is not forced to watch one channel and have request to change channels ignored by the nurses bunk bed room is bigger than that of pharma medica
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Post by beatman on Dec 22, 2015 22:16:41 GMT -5
i never been to St Charles. if you are not a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident you might not be qualified to do clinical trials in Canada. the subjects are normal people. there was between 50-57 people there and it did not feel crowded. it has 5 bunk bed rooms. in each room there are several bunkbeds. tommorow is the last blood draw and i will tell them exact same experience i posted in this thread.
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Post by beatman on Dec 22, 2015 16:02:23 GMT -5
this month I participated in a Study in their Toronto Branch. I stayed there for 2 weekends. it was like serving a prison sentence. I had zero Entertainment options and extremely bored
[What will I do while staying at the clinic?
Our clinic has a state-of-the-art entertainment system including 52-inch LCD televisions, surround sound, and PlayStation3 consoles. With over 200
channels, a DVD collection, and an assortment of PlayStation3 games, we hope to make your stay at our clinic as enjoyable as possible. In addition,
there are computers with high speed internet and lounges with natural lighting, comfortable couches, and an overall peaceful environment for you
to catch up on some work, chat with friends, play a board game, or just relax.]
In a "clicnic" there is a sitting room where you wait for blood draws, and vital and health monitoring. there is a big flat screen tv. it was always tuned to a sports station. In their FAQs they claim that have a dvd collection and tv with 200 channels. there was no evidence of having a dvd collection. the first weekend i was their they briefly tuned the tv to a local news station it was for a couple of minutes then they switched back to the sports station. the second weekend. the tv was on sports all day. on the second weekend i stayed i was getting tired of watching a sports channel al the time. because I don't find watching overpaid grown men running back and forth on afield playing with a ball or a hockey for hours entertaining. me and others repeatedly tell the nurses to switch the tv to a channel which shows movies. they refused using bullshit excuses.
The claim of having High Speed internet is false. the internet is slow and unreliable you can't listen to online internet radio and watch youtube and netflix videos. you constantly get "cannot find server" error messages. I thought it was thier WIFI and many people are using it which is slowing it down. I went into the recreation room to use a computer which is connected by wire and they are just as slow
I tried to listen to AM and FM radio because i could not get music and radio online. the radio signals is weak to non existence. the building block radio signals from local radio stations. here in Toronto the FM and AM Dial is crowded you get stations in toronto and nearby cities and sometimes you can hair Buffalo radio stations. in the building they are weak. in the sleeping bunk rooms. you get most local radio signals. in the sitting Area with the tv and waiting for blood draws the radio signals are extremely week. you could barely hear the local AM radio stations. on the FM dial you could barely hear some of the stations.
they have a PS4 and one game somebody tried to use it but was locked up in glass box. in the recreation room they only have one game
if you plan to volunteer at this clinic. you must have these.
an unlimited data plan on your cellphone if you want to listen to music or online radio. there internet is slow and unreliable
an internet USB stick where you access the internet on your laptop using cellphone 3g or 4g signals. this building slows down AM and Radio signals but not cellphone signals
bring you own movie and tv show dvd collection. these assholes won't change the channel when volunteers are tired of watching a sports channel or some other channel and make excuses not to.
if you don't have these your stay will be equivalent to being locked up in jail with no entertainment options. prisoners in Norway are treated better than this.
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