Posted by Dan Perkins on December 22, 2004, at 15:08:49
In reply to Re: Has anyone participated in a drug study?, posted by ghost on December 22, 2004, at 14:39:57
Yes, #5 is probably the most important point of all: you are the guinea pig.
funny you should mention the blood drawing thing . . I just finished participating in a clinical trial for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and had a blood-drawing nightmare.
I only had to have blood drawn once at the beginning of the study, but the doctor who did the drawing was the single most incompetant individual I have ever come across. He had absolutely no idea what he was doing, and by the time the several minute-long painful, repetitive jabbing was done (all to fill two tiny vials with blood), both of my arms were bloody, black and blue and there was blood dripped all over the counter top where my arm had rested.
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> I knew a girl in grad school who used to do l suppository!), and they'd draw blood hourly (or more) for two days solid. She had to stay overnight. They didn't even give her an IV-- they stuck her that many times! Unbelievable.
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> I guess what works for her might not work for me. And without her there won't be drugs to help me. But still. Wow.
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> Anyhow. Really. I'm done ranting now.
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> Take care,
> ghost
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