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Post by carmel on Oct 8, 2012 16:46:37 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear that, ent. Just out of curiosity, were you able to ue with studies despite the nerve damage? Or did you halt them for a year until recovery? And also, if we see fiddling and we are right in the middle of a study... how do we go about requesting a different "tech"?
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Post by carmel on Oct 6, 2012 20:09:31 GMT -5
e My best suggestion is to bring ear plugs, a laptop, ipad or the very least an mp3 player Paul you sure about the iPad recommendation? The new iPad has a camera/video built in. Not sure about the older versions. It would be nice to get an iPad vs. a laptop because they are less clunky.
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Post by carmel on Sept 27, 2012 16:42:12 GMT -5
Not to hijack your thread, antecubital... but I thought instead of creating another thread, I'd add the best airfare site to your list: Hipmunk. Read this Forbes.com review to see why it beats other travel sites like expedia, priceline, etc. The hotel option on Hipmunk won't be as valuable to you all as you'd most likely want to stay in youth hostels. But it's still just as useful as the airfare search if you should need it.
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Post by carmel on Sept 19, 2012 23:24:19 GMT -5
I ended up spending one night at a fleabag motel, 5 nights at the hostel (6 counting when i stayed there at screening,and they have a tough 5 night maximum rule) two nights at a couchsurf. (couchsurfing.com). my experiences with hostels and couchsurfing have been positive. (well, i can't always find a couchsurf when i want one, but when i find one they are good.) Thanks for sharing, vark. Just out of curiosity how are you and others finding out about all the available hostels? When I went backpacking I bought a "Let's Go" book. The people who owned the Lonely Planet books were always asking me if they could look at my Let's Go book because it was much better with youth hostel information. So if you've never taken a look at one of those Let's Go books be sure to take a look at one at a major bookstore in the future. That's too bad about the "5 night maximum." Or just check this out: hostels.letsgo.com/
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Post by carmel on Sept 19, 2012 16:12:30 GMT -5
Hey vark.
Sounds like an excellent study, but only for those who live near by. Thanks for posting. I've kept my eye on Icon these past few months but never see anything paying too well until you posted this.
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Post by carmel on Sept 15, 2012 19:52:35 GMT -5
I've stayed in hostels in Madison, Philly, Baltimore, Washington... and some other places I've forgotten about. Every one of them has dorm rooms with 4 to 10 beds ($20-$35 per night) and private rooms ($50 and up/shared bathrooms). Most hostels are all day, and you can hang out in your room or in the kitchen or common areas. The kitchen is there for use of guests. You can store and cook food. Utensils, refrigerator, stove, pots, plates and all that are there for guests to use. Hostels are typicaly (though with some exceptions) located downtown, on public transit lines. Parking varies. (I don't drive, so I'm not the person to ask.) I kind of use doing studies in far-off places as an excuse to travel and take a "vacation" from my other work. So for me it's kind of a treat to be able to stay in a hostel, cook my own food, meet people from all over. It's fun. That's interesting, antecubital. I think if I do get into this soon, I would definitely take advantage of traveling. Although, my main purpose would be to make money so I can go to school. I can't lose sight of that. Otherwise I'll be forever trying to save cash. I can see how these youth hostels can add up, though. So if we average it out to be $27 per night.... that adds up to $189 a week. I imagine your down time is lower than a week, right? So you probably not spending that much. I agree about the "meeting of people" and "fun." When I was in Europe it was very easy meeting people when I stayed in hostels. I'm not even an extrovert. I'm very laid back. For whatever reason it just happens. You talk to people and then you even go out to eat at restaurants with them. In Europe, people were from all over the world. Australians, Kiwis, Argentinians, etc. Very few fellow Americans.
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Post by carmel on Sept 14, 2012 3:15:50 GMT -5
I like my studies broken up with partial payments throughout. Over two weeks straight, and I start going crazy. And the place I'm thinking of has a hostel. That's an interesting anecdote. I never thought of the idea that a "broken up" study is actually a good thing. I keep looking at those and saying "forget it." But what do you do in these hostels? How do you spend all your time? Do you get your own room? I've been in hostels before, but that was in Europe. I stayed in bunk beds with anywhere from just a couple of bunks to as many as 6.
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Post by carmel on Sept 13, 2012 16:01:09 GMT -5
right now i'm in a study 500 miles from home, living out of a hostel, took a little convincing for them to let me in. Just out of curiosity, what did you say to the clinic to convince them to let you stay? Asking in case I ever find myself in this situation. Look forward to hearing your reply.
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Post by carmel on Sept 6, 2012 3:05:56 GMT -5
has layed off a bit of their CRU staff and are posting less studies. Is it true that their CRU is about 2 b taken over as result of lost of major funding as result of Lipitor patent expiring? No, they won't be acquired by anyone. They acquired Wyeth back in 2009 which was quite a big merger. Lipitor sales had only begun to slump in 2009 when cash-strapped patients started looking for a cheaper alternative. It seems to me that has the same 7 studies. They have: $7k, $5500, $3900, $3300, $2400, $1320, and the $1025 study. lists the studies on a permanent graphic page: CRU. They should put it on a database type web page that can be updated. I remember calling them and not all those were listed. But they did tell me about the top two which should be all that matters anyway. No one wants to make less than $4k with these studies. You need to live near by New Haven also. Big down time between screening and study start date. There are also a large number of outpatient visits. 13 in total for the $7k study.
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Post by carmel on Sept 5, 2012 15:48:46 GMT -5
the girl told me that I was on the waiting list, and that they would call me at the beginning of next week with screening date. So they are probably still formulating the dates. Were you able to get in in the end? They have this study again now but for males and it pays much less @ $4910. Maybe it's less time spent in-house than the female one. This one is 16 overnight stays and one follow up.
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Post by carmel on Sept 5, 2012 15:38:27 GMT -5
I did PPD studies from 2010 to 2012. It's quite a place. Met an array of interesting people. What was the average pay of the studies you entered if you don't mind me asking? Someone in another thread mentioned there were studies paying up to $13k. Why is payout so high? What are they making you do that is different from other places?
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Post by carmel on Sept 1, 2012 14:22:46 GMT -5
Lambda told me I'd have to have a bill with a Canadian address. I don't know about this, but I did call up Pharmamedica and they told me (a US citizen) that I'd need to have Canadian health insurance. It would be interesting to find if this is a law in Canada. If it is, then you can pretty much forget going to Canada. None of those places seem very good anyway. When I checked they were all low-paying plus too many outpatient visits and broken into sections.
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Post by carmel on Aug 23, 2012 14:09:35 GMT -5
they give a check for $1500-$2000, then another check at the last outpatient visit. I could probably get by on that. We're not really supposed to mention, on this forum, the multinational corporation you named that has a unit in Madison, Okay, thanks antecubital for your quick response to this. What I'm trying to say is... If I have to travel to Madison and spend $500 on plane ticket round trip. Do the screening. Come back home. Now I need anohter round trip ticket. We're up to $1k. And then once the study is done I'll need to wait a week and find a place to stay to do the outpatient visit. How do you go about this? You said you only do occasional studies, so I'm assuming you aren't always on the road. Why can't I say the "C" word? I noticed others have used it. Is there some kind of controversy with them?
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Post by carmel on Aug 17, 2012 17:30:41 GMT -5
Some of us do travel for studies, but not always "from one study to the next". For me, it's to do a good study when I need extra cash, and go back to my life and business. Hey antecubital. Don't know if you are still checking in here... but here's an update. I cancelled the screening in the end. I figured risk to my body wasn't worth it for $1300. I may do it for $8k, but not that low amount. My mistake. Where can you go for a good study? PPD has an $8k one without any outpatient visits. That would be ideal for me. I can not go anywhere where I've got to screen 2-4 weeks ahead of time, and then go back for outpatient visits weeks later. Covance looks nice, but they do this. It seems to come down PPD or nothing. And PPD has a bad reputation. Looks like I might as well even forget any of this really. You guys put up with a lot.
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Post by carmel on Aug 17, 2012 17:10:35 GMT -5
I am about to do a Celerion study and I could certainly use the funds. I don't know about you, but after just reading what labrat0000 wrote about Celerion I think I now have no desire to ever do a study with them. It seems like the list is very narrow to where I'd want to do a study at. Even the ones that look okay it seems very hard to get one without any outpatient visits. PPD seems to be the only one. And they have bad reputation, too.
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