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Some of you might have noticed I've not been about in the last few days....the situation is I'm taking part in medical research! I'm with these guys for 2 weeks (while the receptionist is away I use her PC go get online :)) and I'm testing an anti-biotic which will be used to treat Cystic Fibrosis. I breath it in through a contraption which looks like a peace-pipe and they take samples of my blood and urine periodically.

No, it's not really dangerous, they're just upping the dose slightly. I take small amounts of it each day and have the tests done on me, all this lasts about 2 weeks and I get rewarded with....let's just say it's comfortably between £2000 and £3000 :D

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Room for any more :D :D :D

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:erm: Good luck! Count me out :no:
.....do you have cystic fibrosis? :confused:

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Not a bad fortnights work eh Russ, room for more ? I am involved with research for hayfever but get paid nothing. On the upside, whilst on the courseI get my drugs free, and they do help.

I hate summer :(


PS do you suffer from CF, no phun ?

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No, I don't have CF thankfully. They only recruit 'healthy' volunteers for the courses because they don't know what side-effects real suffers of the diseases might get. I see their point really.

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Pleased to hear it :)

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bb31 and I have been looking for ways to fund our jaunt to the Dominican Republic, cheers Russ :tu:

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How do they know what side effects healthy people would get?

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Me and Bop can think of a few ways Debs...lol :wavey:

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:wavey: Hiya Vampira lol and :welcome:

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ta a lot

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I would want to urge people not to take these studies too lightly. It is easy money, but you are putting drugs into your body where the scientists are still looking at some of the effects the drugs may have.

Now I'm sure this is all very controlled and monitored, but I would be very hesitant to take part in one these studies.

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Probably makes your hair fall out.

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I guess if anyone is drawing unemployment benefit (or any social security benefits) & they are thinking of doing this work they'd have to declare it.

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:rofl:
No side effects for Russ then...

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I'll set em up you bat em out the park :)

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:eek: :rofl: :rofl: :erm: soz russ :D

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I had a friend who died from CF, so anything you can do to help is appreciated:)

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£2000 - £3000 i wouldn't say no. :D

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Just ask yourself why they're paying that amount of money...

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you can't do it until you are 18 - no disrespect to Russ, but make your own mind up how much of yourself you 'sell' , wayne?

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Your winky will fall off WMA.

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awww why do we always have age restrictions in this country?

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Wise words :Yes:

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:erm:

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:notopic: btw.... WNA, who the hell is Holly Valance :confused:

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They pay that amount of money for the inconvenience and certainly not for any danger. Picture it like this - I'm away from my daughter for 2 weeks, I get hooked up to this peace-pipe contraption 3 times a day and have to stay bed-ridden for an hour after each session, the food is controlled (AND crap) and we have to stay in a commune area (a bit like Big Brother) and I have blood samples taken regularly which isn't a pleasant task.

It's as safe as it can be, there are doctors everywhere constantly monitoring us and checking how we feel etc. The study went before the Board of Ethics and was cleared with flying colours.

I won't pretend that I'm doing this to further medical science - I'm in it for the money but it's also to ensure my daughter will have a large nest-egg waiting for her when she turns 18. The fee - which is a lot closer to £3k than £2k - would certainly have to be substantial to get me to agree to spend that kind of time away from her.

On a lighter note, some of the nurses in this place......corrrrrr!!! :angel:

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Of course its dangerous, thats why they are testing it surely, cos they don't know fully what effects it has on humans. Theres danger and then there is danger though and I'd imagine the risks aren't that great as they've no doubt tested it thoroughly previously before moving onto human testing.

Its naive to assume there is zero risk though and that a sum of £3000 is purely for the inconvenience of you having to spend 2 weeks away from home. I reckon the risks would be suitably low to allow human testing in the first place and probably still a good way to make quick cash but there are still risks. If not, why would you be surrounded by doctors and nurses.

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Russ is right in saying that the test is approved by the proper authorities, so whatever risk there might be is deemed acceptable.

Obviously it is up to each individual to decide if they do this or not. My feeling just is that you shouldn't put medication in your body when you're not ill, and like you say, it is naive to think there is no risk.

But then again, as a smoker, I put chemicals that are known to be harmful in my body on a daily basis...

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I never said there were no risks!! And I'd dispute your use of the word 'dangerous' too. A lot of previous study went in to this course, and there has been much research. I suppose you could equate 'risk' to 'danger' but I wouldn't go as far as 'dangerous'. I've been reading up on the paperwork surrounding this course for some time now and I've come to the conclusion there is nothing I really need work about. I've been here 5 days, I've been exposed to the drug since I got here and unpacked and have experienced no side effects. With this kind of drug, if any side effects occur, they are very apparent within 48 hours.

There will be no future side effects either. In the 50 years this kind of drug has been available, no long-term or hazardous side effects have evver been reported.

It's as safe as it gets here :)

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You've just got to hope they are not doing LD 50 testing like they do on rats.
This involves 100 rats (Sprague-Daubey, specially bred to be identical) who are all fed the test substance in increasing doses until 50 are dead. This then is termed Lethal Dose 50%, hence LD 50.
It's surprising what you have to know in my line of work.

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Yes but if I was a rat then I'd ensure I had negotiated a far higher fee for my trouble considering those odds....

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Maybe a whole block of cheese?

Anyway how are medival for this sort of thing?

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Eh? :confused:

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If you was a rat, money wouldnt concern you - But cheese would :)

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Aren't you mixing up rats and mice??????? :)

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I was referring to this....

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Ok see http://www.hollyvalance.co.uk

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Holly Valance is just one more in the long line of talentless, attractive, second rate soap actors who come to Britain to make their fortune. She can't sing, her tunes are generic rubbish, her sole skill is to wander around in hardly any clothes, posing like a slut to seperate teenagers and their money. Yay for the British music industry.