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Post by carmel on Feb 11, 2013 22:22:11 GMT -5
I do small NYC studies in between. I'm waiting on someone to call me back to finish part 2 of a diabetes study. Two days for $400. I'm not seeing a whole lot, sam. I guess you really have to keep your eyes for those $400 ones. That is cool that you are doing some, though. You really have to push yourself. What about extras work? You live right in the city--couldn't you do movie extra work if you signed up with some casting companies? I also look at Boston and New Haven. Do you do any of the Yale Studies? Those pay decently. Around $400-$600. It's hard criteria for a lot of those. Must be unhealthy in a way--heavy drinker or really depressed. I'll update my first post with places in NYC, New Haven, and Boston. I'll add the ones I wasn't aware of from your list, too. Give me the heads up via PM if you'd like if you ever find a good one in NYC. I'll do the same for Boston or New Haven for you. NYC is too far for me for anything less than $200. Even $200 is pushing it. $30 for bus and another $30 for youth hostel and then there is food to consider and subway fares.
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Post by carmel on Feb 5, 2013 23:01:34 GMT -5
I think from Craigslist. You can just call them occasionally or fill out a form online and they may or may not get back to you I see. Thanks.
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Post by carmel on Feb 5, 2013 23:00:04 GMT -5
So how many of you who do large studies try to fit some small studies in between? Any of you in the NYC area? I imagine this is great for doing small studies at places like Mount Sinai and Columbia University and others. I'm curious to know how much you make with these smaller studies and how often you can get in. The pay isn't bad for the NYC ones. A lot of $200 dollar studies I noticed for 2-days. Meeting the criteria is probably difficult, though. If you got any good places to share for the smaller studies please do. UPDATE: Here's a list of NYC Small Studies that I've compiled on places that I've saved and as well as ones that sam9009 shared. New York City: The Rockefeller University HospitalSt Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital CenterMount Sinai New York State Psychiatric InstituteColumbia Psychiatry NYU Albert Einstein College of Medicine Brookhaven (Stony Brook Research)
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Post by carmel on Feb 5, 2013 0:36:57 GMT -5
yup, I called and qualified and no mention of the $4200. I think it was $600 after 6-8 wks snd lots of back and forth to the Dr. I said no. It says, up to $4200. I doubt they give that to anyone! How did you two find out about this study? There is never anything listed on CliniLabs website. I haven't viewed their site since I first started visiting this forum. I completely forgot about them as they don't appear to be even a minor player. (Minor players being places like and Paraxel. Major players being places like and PPD.)
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Post by carmel on Feb 1, 2013 6:26:59 GMT -5
I've yet to find a cure for this problem as I suffer from it also. You could be the healthiest person on the planet, and 10x healthier than anyone screening for the study. Yet your heart rate spikes the minute that cuff goes on which increases your BP. How frustrating. And those screener nurses/medics have no sympathy for you. They will just stand there and retake it and your BP is left to chance. It would be better if they gave you 20 minutes before taking again. But they will do it fairly quickly. 5 minutes in between at the most. It may go down on second try, and then go back up on the third try. You have 3 shots.
The problem lies in the current way in which medical facilities take blood pressure. It is an outdated od and very non reliable for accurate BP readings. Canada has these newer automated BP machines where your BP is taken once every minute. The nurse/medic leaves the room leaving you on your own. But this just isn't going to happen in a study. You have to beat this condition. I think the only way to do that is if you have better control of your brain. Read all you can about neuroscience.
I'm wondering if clinics would allow you to listen to music? Anyone tried that? Based on my research music helps. As long as it's positive music.
I like the ideas presented by travelingrat. Just to add what she said, when you visualize the process make sure it's very vivid. This is what I read in my research for information about anyone trying to overcome any event that is distressful. (It isn't really distressful for me to have my BP taken, but my brain evidently feels otherwise.) I don't think it's very likely that we will find a free health clinic... especially if we're not in a city. That being said, you can get free blood pressure readings at pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS. Some of them only have automated devices, so keep checking if you come across this. Just ask the Pharmacist if he'll take it. Whether this helps or not I don't know. Visualization might actually be better since you are not lying down in a clinical setting in the same type of atmosphere.
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Post by carmel on Jan 23, 2013 17:05:15 GMT -5
They have Cincinnati Bell internet and you can't even check your Cincinnati Bell email because their own home website is blocked. LoL! Now that is bad.
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Post by carmel on Jan 9, 2013 22:14:13 GMT -5
Yes you can bring labtops in but they put tap over your cam lens. You can also bring in cell phones without a camera. I will second that this place is pretty nice. Rooms are nice...kind of hotel like...not hospital beds. overall i recommend a stay here. Thanks for sharing your experience. Are cell phones with cameras allowed that are taped... or must cell not have any camera at all? That's great to hear about the beds. Why is it that clinics use hospital beds anyway? Wouldn't it be better if volunteers are as relaxed as possible? I would think it's win-win for both the clinic and staff when volunteers feel comfortable. I don't understand the hospital bed thing.
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Post by carmel on Jan 9, 2013 22:01:58 GMT -5
Why do the BMI requirements fluctuate from study to study? 28 is pretty low compared to what you usually see. If you are between say, 26 to 28, does this mean you will be secondary? And less of a chance of getting in?
That pay may sound good but look how it's divided up into 4 stays. You'd be there's to keep from February 13 through April 11. TWO entire months. And that's not including screening to start date. Also, there are travel costs to consider getting to and from. This could take away a good chunk of change depending on where you live.
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Post by carmel on Nov 23, 2012 19:14:44 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing this, dangermouse. I'm considering Paraxel. We should probably make another topic under the Paraxel sub-section because I didn't realize this was here. I found the website for this company and can be found here: Wright's Transportation Service. Looks like the fee starts off at $5 now. For a screening, it's going to cost $6.50 more than a bus. (It is $3.50 for a Local Bus Day Pass in Baltimore.) However, maybe this van service is more reliable if you're in a squeeze? Amtrak @ Penn Station To Harbor Hospital (Paraxel): Bus #64. (Under the drop down box choose "Local Bus" under "1" and "Route 64" under "2.")
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Post by carmel on Nov 17, 2012 0:02:18 GMT -5
thanks carmel I know what you're talking about. Its too frustrating to try to make a living doing it, at least for me... One thing that came to mind is the brand of supplements. One thing I never used to really look at is the ingredients in these supplements. You know, like, it'll say magnesium stearate, gelatin, cellulose, etc. I've been reading lately that you want to avoid these.. especially that first one I listed. They're trying to even ban that. You can get Milk Thistle without any of these ingredients (they're really called binders and fillers) from Genesis Today. All their supplements are filler/binder free. They do come at a price, though. It's the old adage here; you get what you pay for. And that is most likely true with supplements. Although I really don't think you need one of those expensive Multivitamins that you take 7 times a day. However, I think with Milk Thistle and some other stuff perhaps it is necessary. Might be worth checking into.
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Post by carmel on Nov 16, 2012 23:56:07 GMT -5
These are just some things I've learned from being a lab rat for quite some time now, and traveling around to many clinics... Thank you very much honesetlabrat for all the helpful advice you poured out today. We need more smart and experienced medical participants (i hate calling ourselves the "r" word--we're not the same species) like you sharing their experience. Most people just visit here as a guest and never post a thing. Would love to hear about which popular clinics you recommend avoiding entirely.
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Post by carmel on Oct 26, 2012 3:17:41 GMT -5
I eat a fairly typical diet, a wide variety of foods, most of it home cooked. Not high fat but not vegetarian either. I take milk thistle every day but have not tried six capsules or more a day, usually just take one or two. You're welcome, sammy. It looks like you got your bases covered pretty much. I just think you have an unfortunate predicament here. You're in the normal range health wise, but just not for studies. If I were you, I may actually find that a relief. It would force me to look at another way to make money. This isn't soing one should do for too long.
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Post by carmel on Oct 23, 2012 16:37:16 GMT -5
For years I've tried milk thistle, teas with chicory/dandelion root etc. in them and other ods of supposedly lowering liver enzymes like eating alot of sulforane based vegetables (broccoli and such) and fiber, to no effect. sammy, it would be interesting to know what the rest of your diet looks like. Could you give us what you eat on a typical day? How often do you eat meat? What kind of fiber? It is mostly soluble or insoluble? If it is in your budget you could try eating broccoli sprouts instead. It has the same amount of sulforaphane in one ounce as a 1.5 pound bag of broccoli. These foods are suppose to lower your enzyme levels, not raise them. What they do raise is the activity level in your liver. Which is a good thing. It is able to detoxify more. Did your parents have high liver enzymes? Do you have copies of blood tests from when you were younger?
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Post by carmel on Oct 15, 2012 14:09:27 GMT -5
I did not get into the study. They had a limit for ALT of 35 and mine was 38, I did a repeat and it was 40... Thanks for updating us, sammyjo. I appreciate that. It probably won't brighten up your day, but I did give you some karma. I guess I'm lucky to have an al ALT of 25. But I'm not perfect in other areas. My Hematocrit and Ferritin are a little over the limit according to one source, but not others. I don't know if any clinics are strict about this area or not.
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Post by carmel on Oct 10, 2012 1:24:52 GMT -5
I am actually screening at Abbott on this coming Tuesday and just got out of Spaulding a week ago. Did you get in? Seems like a very tough rule that Abbott has. The 3-month in between studies is rather strict. Did they ask you directly face to face if you've done a study recently? Or was it just on paper?
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