Would you do clinical trials for money?
 

I saw an advert on Facebook for a place called FluCamp, so I visited their website and basically, they administer you the common cold virus and you have to stay in bed monitored for 12 days (with no visitors). You get paid up to £3500 for it, but the thing that puts me off is all the blood tests etc that they have to do. I hate needles! Have you or would you ever try something like this?

Nope, wouldn't want to take the risk after the horror stories you hear.

If it's safe then maybe

What horror stories?

did you not watch the recent dramatisation of that horrific case?

I saw a horror movie based around those trials. I probably would do it if I was that in need of the money.

for money if it was lots of money, millions then yes otherwise no


*Nicky seeing dollar signs* :laugh:

common cold wouldn't be too bad I suppose that said would you really want to feel rough for 12 days if you didn't have to, and 12 days in bed, sounds great but you would probably be stir crazy after a few days, and yeah there have been horror stories but they have been with drugs administered this looks like flu virus so just the flu jab with active virus instead of inactive one, I might if I needed cash, what can go wrong as long as it is just common cold of course..

Yes the Young should do it
Make sure you have the Cash deal sorted first

I don't know. 12 days in bed for £3, 500 sounds decent but it's not your own bed, you can't see anyone and it could go wrong. :worry:

For that kind of money definitely..do you have the link? :laugh:

Edit. Found it, and spoke to Gavin just no and he doesn't seem impressed D:

Edit again. 'Thank you for your application.' :D

I reccomend people doing **** like this because recruiting is so ****ing difficult haha.

I'd imagine they're gonna give half the participants a placebo so they can test the effectiveness of some new drug against a baseline probs. 50% chance of easy money, 50% chance of suffering. Worth it!

:joker:

I might as well.
Forever getting tested and blood taken, mind you a good cold might see me off:joker:

Can you use your phone etc because I have TiBB and YouTube to keep me occupied for 12 days! And also just sleep!

Yes says you can work remotely

:joker:

It's essentially like Big Brother except you ain't on TV, you're on your own and you might get ill.

omg screaming :joker: I'd do one but I don't want to have to go down to London

No, I'm not risking my health for any amount of money.

Knowing my luck, I'd come home with MRSA.

Someone did a coffee trial at my uni and this is what happened

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ne-experiment/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/d...g?imwidth=1240

Wow, our children really are getting dumber with every generation. :omgno:

I'd have a cold for 3.5k, why not.

I wouldn't touch anything involving experimental drugs, though :nono:.

bear in mind the side effects that all the commonly available drugs have AFTER having gone through clinical trials. Multiply that 100 fold at least and you are getting close to the potential side effects you may experience. Also, how many drugs have been discontinued after 10 or 20 years in the field, and you are accepting the risk of trying something not on the market yet. If your life depended on it, its worth the risk, otherwise ... don't go near it

Well said Ness! Never mind the common cold, common sense is better, it's free and doesn't involve sticking needles anywhere ;)

probably only if the trial was for a potential cure of some horrible disease that i already had

Not sure why anyone would even think of doing it :/

Well 3.5k is a lot of money, the cold isn't that dangerous...flu can be a bit more so but surrounded by medically trained people with numerous blood tests and checkups, I can't see too much going wrong. Plus I am medicated up to the eyeballs in daily life (a reason they might refuse me actually) so I am likely to get side effects from that anyway :laugh:

Probably won't be able to do it anyway as I am unsure if I could get to London the 3 times thats needed just for medicals to check I am healthy enough to take part

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Yup.

Also someone has to do stuff like this or we wouldn't have safe drugs tbh.

not all drug trials are equal. Some companies rush products to market, others do due diligence before releasing them for trial. Its a very scary game of russian roulette. You may be lucky and earn a few quick bucks, you may also be very unlucky and have your life ruined. Still think its worth the money?

Yup.

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Sorry for the pity party :laugh: But I am ****ed either way. Might aswell be ****ed and have cash to actually treat my kids. Though fairly sure they will turn me down for existing health issues, looking at the site it looks like the only issue is if you have asthma, which luckily, I don't have. Will ask when they call me, which should be apparently by 5 today.

you could get lucky and be in the placebo group, that is money for nothing .... if it was me, i'm never that lucky ... i would grow an extra head or something :laugh:

Yeah the side effects and stuff are pretty scary, but its so tempting D: I don't usually go that much into my problems on the forum either, so not entirely sure why I did that either..as my usual way is to pretend everything is fine.

They probably wouldn't allow you do it Vicky because of your current medical issues and that you're already on meds for that. I think you have to 100% well and on no medication for these trials

I have a mate who has done this a few times over the years..he swears by it....


they gave him tourettes.