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Post by carmel on Nov 21, 2013 23:18:49 GMT -5
So why do clinics already start slowing down by the time November hits? Right, I know it's the Holidays coming up. But that doesn't stop the world from living. They don't have anyone working on Thanksgiving or Christmas? Or are there more reasons why... do they readjust for the new year with newer studies? Do you find this lasts until February or do things begin picking up as soon as January hits?
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Post by carmel on Oct 17, 2013 22:48:42 GMT -5
BTW everyone. I know this topic is geared more towards Novocaine, but you should also consider amalgam, too. Did you know that in Scandinavia amalgam cavity fillings are banned? There is a huge controversy over it in the dental world. There are opposing views on it. I've come to the conclusion that all new cavities and old ones that need refilling should be composites and not amalgam. You definitely don't want amalgam removed if it's not time for it to come out to be refilled. Here is a good read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_amalgam_controversy
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Post by carmel on Oct 17, 2013 22:34:21 GMT -5
just the initial lab work. my blood sugar was too high that time. but i have in mind to call them again a month from when i finish this study i'm in.. I see. Wow. So you struck out pretty early. You'll never make it into the study if you're still garbage diving for food. I can't tell if you're joking or not when you say that. I've seen you say it more than once so I came to the belief that you really mean it.
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Post by carmel on Oct 17, 2013 22:31:44 GMT -5
What's so great about Hema-Plex? Do all of you have low iron levels?
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Post by carmel on Oct 16, 2013 19:14:26 GMT -5
I think the fact that we now have a troll here shows that this forum is really starting to pickup. Lots and lots of posts lately... and now this guy who seems to like taking a **** in different topics.
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Post by carmel on Oct 16, 2013 17:34:28 GMT -5
#brokepeopleproblems #brokementality #nojobskills #nohustle #labratsforlife So what is your solution to this pollution? There are people who are generally broke and live paycheck to paycheck no matter how hard they try. That's why they can never get ahead, and this has turned into today's America. There is no longer a "dream." Now, there are others who simply don't care. They don't try and they don't mind living off the government and have no desire to improve themselves. I think these people are greatly outnumbered, though, by the people who do genuinely want to get ahead but can't.
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Post by carmel on Oct 15, 2013 17:05:07 GMT -5
Hey guys, my numbers were off. You can actually get places for more like $700 a month. I find that's about as cheap as they come, though. That's for single studio apartments. I'd like to move to NYC. However, it's too expensive in the city. I've got my eyes set on neighboring Jersey City or Newark. Those two areas have had major redevelopment in recent years and is said to be nice to live in... in particular Jersey City more than Newark. You can find apartments for $700/month and not have to pay NYC tax. You have access to the entire world if you are situated there.
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Post by carmel on Oct 15, 2013 16:59:13 GMT -5
Congratulations my skillful friend for getting into almost study. LoL! Man Mike... You need to learn sketch comedy or soing like that. You'd be perfect for it.
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Post by carmel on Oct 7, 2013 21:47:29 GMT -5
I went there on oct 1 and went through the same thing. But as soon as i found out the dates had changed I took off. So I never even heard about the brocoscopy. I wasted 200.00 on travel. I would have stayed and screened just to get the 20 bucks but I was too pissed and if you pass a screening and refuse the study they can suspend you from doing other studies. Although most likely I wont be going back I always like to keep in good standing with all clinics. I will never travel there when Im low on cash, its just too risky. Hey jjm. I read your topic down below before I wrote mine. It's good that you had your say. The more of us who speak up the better. I bet I met you, too. I was checking in as you were about to leave. Your'e white with a baseball cap. I overheard what you said and I asked you: "They changed the dates?" You nodded and said soing like "I can't do that." And then looked really pissed. And then that's when you took off. Funny how we both came here to vent about this screening. I've never seen two people at the same screening post here. BTW, I bowed out after informed consent. Brenda, the receptionist, was actually quite kind on discharge and gave me the $20. She didn't say anything at all about any penalty. She wished me well and hoped that I would come back. She completely understood. She was way overworked. Lovely personality on her: "Where's my highliters?!" It was probably me. I was there on the 3rd and I was sitting all the way to the right. Oh, definitely wasn't you then. I was there on the 1st.
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Post by carmel on Oct 7, 2013 0:18:44 GMT -5
Hey Carmel, thanks for the acknowledgement. I thought I was posting in the correct section which was about healthy studies. I guess next time I will post under the clinical research section itself or maybe post in both sections. Hey Scar Tissue. Thanks again. Listen, I didn't know how to write that without sounding a wee bit rude. I hope I didn't come across that way. It's just that section really isn't used as it's intent. The old topics don't get deleted like they are supposed to. It's not often people post there... I have a habit of just checking the clinic section and then General for General questions. I do look up that way, but not often. Unless I notice a new post. But that must've been at at time where I hadn't come here lately. In my opinion, those two top sections should perhaps be combined with General. I don't know how others feel about that. Maybe we should take a poll.
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Post by carmel on Oct 6, 2013 17:59:48 GMT -5
I'm sorry you had to deal with that. I went there a few days ago for a screening. Hey jc. Good to hear your shared story. We need more like this. It sounds like we were there the same day. Were you the guy sitting next to me during informed consent? There were four of us. There was a girl all the way to our left and if it was you you were all the way to the right. I bowed out early after the consent. Someone actually wrote about this in the Information section under Parexel Study #212478. What are the chances of someone actually warning us ahead of time? Very nice of Scar Tissue did that, it's just that it ended up somewhere where very few of us probably even look. He even warned about the bronchoscopy.
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Post by carmel on Oct 6, 2013 17:52:44 GMT -5
Oh wow! You posted this here! Oh my god. This would've saved me an entire $100 dollar trip down to Parexel if I had seen this before hand! I went down to Parexel and talked about this in a thread in the Parexel section. There are two other people in that section who complained about this study, and now you are the fourth person. I thank you so much for writing this, it's just a damn shame this wasn't posted in the Parexel section. Such a wasted trip down there. I believe it was through the nose, mike. Lots and lots of side effects risks involved with that. Not only with procedure, but with the medications they'd have to give you if there were any complications.
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Post by carmel on Oct 5, 2013 17:18:18 GMT -5
Thanks for your review, Scar Tissue. Always appreciative when someone goes out of their way like this and shares valuable information.
It doesn't look like it's the kind of clinic outsiders would want to go to. I'm guessing you were either in the area or you live near there. Looking at Frontage's website trial listings shows all under $1k studies. There are some where the $ amount isn't listed, so perhaps those pay more? Am I right that they only pay $750 even though they want you to stay for three overnights? Most clinics would pay double that. Or is there another component I'm missing here. Is there no pill to swallow?
It wouldn't be bad to go there for a small study if chances are high that you get in. Any guesses on the acceptance ratio? Buses and trains from here don't arrive in NYC until after 10 am. So I'd have to take an evening bus or train into Port Authority and wait 8 hours which I'd hate to do. I'd do it if my chances were good of getting in, though. Please let me know if you or anyone else knows.
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Post by carmel on Oct 3, 2013 18:52:58 GMT -5
Parexel in Baltimore, MD is totally disorganized. I certainly feel really foolish for even going now. With all that is said about the clinic on here you'd think I'd have the smarts not to go. I guess I had to be really hard-headed to travel nearly 400 miles just to see for myself. The day started off on the wrong foot. I get there 10 minutes early and go to the 7th floor of Harbor Hospital. I walk in and tell them I'm here for my Screening. The receptionist tells me "Oh, our website needs to be updated. Screenings are across the street on Cherry Hill." She told me this happens all the time with new volunteers. It's a short walk, and I was only two minutes late. The screening building is a bit run-down.
Many, many unhappy volunteers that day. Nothing was told to us over the phone about the bronchoscopy nor the date change. A guy sitting next to me said he definitely couldn't do that, and another guy took off early as soon as he heard the date change. Parexel also changed the study dates. Pretty fast for that to happen. I only just spoke to the recruiter last week. No phone call back or nothing. I decided to take off early. I wasn't the only one to do so. I could see this screening was going to last all day. They were moving as slow as molasses. The doctor was two hours late as well. I knew it was risky going down there, but I took a chance anyway. The study would've fit in my schedule until they changed it. It was a small 3 overnight/4 day one and was scheduled before my class back home was to begin. I feel bad for those poor employees that work there. They are understaffed, and looked tired and unhappy. Even the doctor looked like he didn't want to be there. All this also gave me a lack of trust overall in the place. If they are like this at the screening, am I really going to trust them putting a tube up my nose? Along with the two hour long IV and any complications from both..
Newcomers, my best advice... avoid Parexel like others have warned. Don't be big-headed like me and see it for yourself. Unless you're a local, just simply don't go. I knew better not to, and had even held off for a long time. But I saw that $2k study that fit right in with my schedule, and I chased it like a fool.
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Post by carmel on Sept 28, 2013 21:55:00 GMT -5
I often get that, I frequently drink so much water to make sure that I can pee and that they can get blood easily that I could just take the pee cup and drink it down because it is obviously just water, but I have never had a clinic say I had to pee again. I guess if it is the right temperature then that is generally all they are looking for. Hmm. So it could very well be a thing with then. Because I've never ever had to redo a pee test anywhere. I never even thought about the difference. I think 's point of view on that is that you could mask whatever you have in your system or whatever by diluting it with too much water.
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