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Post by carmel on Oct 10, 2018 11:37:59 GMT -5
Mother should I trust the government?
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Post by carmel on Oct 6, 2018 22:17:32 GMT -5
I used to love my "Big Three", PRA, Vince, and Quintiles. All within a ten mile radius... I could fly in from anywhere in the country and rely on quickly getting into a study at one of them. I got nothing against device studies other than it being a much smaller payday. Just the way it goes I guess... I may have never branched out to Celerion, Lincoln otherwise, a facility I highly recommend! Sorry, but what does this mean "device studies"? Also, I'm guessing you live in the Kansas City area? I don't see Vince offering all that much and neither with Iqvia (formerly Quintiles). PRA is the only good one out of those three. I don't think anyone here has ever had much good to say about Celerion.
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Post by carmel on Sept 28, 2018 13:43:53 GMT -5
Eh. I think im done with studies. I just had a revelation. Like...id prob be making the same money in a year doing studies as i would working part time as a cashier at Dollar Tree. I think if you really do the math, and I mean, really do it properly and not just guess numbers. Like add up all the time it takes you to travel, prepare, and plan.. add to that all the time just thinking about it... in the end you would be better off working a regular job.
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Post by carmel on Sept 24, 2018 14:04:52 GMT -5
I think most of participants, even us "seasoned rats", worry a little bit when dosing for a study...you just wont see it of course. I've done over 30 studies and still have a bit of stress about it...but I worry more about what I miss out in the "real world" by being confined and if family emergencies happen what do I do etc etc. Thank you and also to everyone else who replied here. I forget to visit this site. Forums are a thing of the past in most circles. Have you guys thought of reforming somehwere else like on reddit? It'd probably be more active.
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Post by carmel on Aug 23, 2018 15:37:02 GMT -5
How do you guys convince yourselves not to worry about side effects? Are there stories out there of little to no side effects during a study, but side effects occurring after a patient was released?
For example, there was a news story of benzodiazepines a few years back and how they now associate it with permanent memory loss if it was used regularly for three months. I guess with study drugs you're far less likely for this to happen since it's short term?
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Post by carmel on Jan 18, 2016 18:32:07 GMT -5
Same tune as before: "I've utterly failed at this, so I will now pompously declare it to be beneath me, and ask those who've succeeded where I've failed to please have some self-respect." I look forward to more condemnations of volunteering from people who've never been able to get into any studies; are banned from half the clinics in the country; or are about to have to quit because of their age. Such interesting perspectives! No, it's nothing like that at all. You're being overly defensive for no reason at all. I wasn't condemning nor looking down on anyone. From the day I first became interested in studies I looked at it as a means to get myself from Point A to Point B, and never as a long term solution. You're the one that is doing the belittling here. You have no idea how frustrating it is for those of us who've struggled to get in.
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Post by carmel on Jan 18, 2016 14:06:11 GMT -5
How many clinical trials have you completed? If memory serves, your posts are mostly about how you can never get past screening. How convenient, to conclude that volunteering is a bad idea. You're right, bentham. I've completed small studies, but never a big drug trial due to my white coat issues. When I saw the story it was an emotional reaction. I don't think it should make a difference, though. I struggle just like the rest of you do, and am always looking for ways to make more money on top of my current earnings. I've only looked at this as supplemental income, never soing to be passionate about. How is it possible to be passionate about being a lab rat? vark, I have loads of links to share where you can teach yourself whatever it is you want. I think becoming a CNA at your age you'll burn out fast. That is TOUGH work for very low wages. Fast food workers are now making nearly as much.
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Post by carmel on Jan 15, 2016 20:07:38 GMT -5
So it's happened again. Everyone knows about the deadly trial back in 2006 at the UK Paraxel location. This time it's happened at a trial center called Bio Trial/Bial in France. Here's the story: www.cnn.com/2016/01/15/health/france-drug-trial-goes-wrong/index.htmlIt was bound to happen again. It was just a matter of time. I urge you all find a way to make money without doing clinical trials. Learn a skill. Make jewelry and sell it online. Start a lawn mowing business. You can work for yourself if that is what you want.
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Post by carmel on Jan 7, 2016 1:08:36 GMT -5
hey guys I have recently been running into a problem during screening about my blood pressure being too high a problem I haven't had in the past but recently it has been the only thing stopping me. I cut out salt run 5miles a day and I am very active,what would you guys suggest I do? Or try to keep this problem from occurring any feedback would be most helpful thanks I tried all the relaxation techniques and they don't work. Even if you were to pass the screening, it could happen during check-in or the following day. That's what has happnened to me twice. I'm currently going through hypnotherapy. We'll see if it works. Meditation did not. Cutting out added sugar and diet soda entirely didn't help either. They helped with weight loss, but not high pulse problems. It's the high pulse that makes it go up. Get it 96 or under and you can pass. Mine was 96 in screening which is quite high for me but it didn't shoot BP up to where I'd fail. But once in study it goes up to 106 and that gives me a fail. High pulse fails, too. Has to be 99 or below.
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Post by carmel on Nov 2, 2015 14:40:37 GMT -5
Not after seeing that movie I don't. Haha, mike. I saw the first one.. wow. That was too much. I won't watch the sequel.
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Post by carmel on Oct 30, 2015 18:08:58 GMT -5
I'm just curious... for those of you who don't live in Texas or the Midwest, but like to do studies in these areas... do you just go there and show up? As in, you go, get a room at a youth hostel... and then shoot for a good paying study in which ever area you're in? Or do you generally wait from home where you live... and then fly out there once you have a screening scheduled?
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Post by carmel on Oct 26, 2015 13:59:45 GMT -5
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Post by carmel on Sept 26, 2015 15:29:49 GMT -5
How is Paraxel these days? Have they changed at all. Been about two years now since I did my one and only screening. I turned it down because of a nose biopsy they wanted to do.
I'm mainly concerned with cancellations. I remember hearing stories of screening cancellations without notification. Do they still do that? Or cancel at last minute? Would be very risky going down there again as it's a bit of a hike.
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Post by carmel on May 28, 2015 16:18:59 GMT -5
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Post by carmel on May 14, 2015 14:18:58 GMT -5
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