51 replies to this topic

[Elisha-The-Cooper]

hahahahah it doesnt all involve looseing a toe!


sheree is you do it ill do it!

get us booked in.... anything to get this clubby up and running


we can put a sticker on the rear window saying

"Paid For With Medical Science"

Edited by Elisha-The-Cooper, 02 April 2008 - 02:23 PM.

[RobJaxon]

Remembering to spell 'payed' for correctly..........Of course

PAID

[Angelic_Fruitcake]

Actually you dont use your toes for balance, thats all done by your ears really. Its all to do with walking. I wont bore you with the details but wihtout your big toes it makes walking very difficult due to the structures in your foot not being able to work as effectively. A little toe would be fine, they dont do much really anyway, lol

Fair nuff, I've learned something today

[sheree&the-gt]

Remembering to spell 'payed' for correctly..........Of course

PAID

don't be such an uptight guy! God, one measly spelling mistake!

And for all you others, why don't you just move this into silly chat, as you've all seemed to change it to a stupid discusson when I was asking for genuine advice

For those who have given genuine advice, thanks.

[RobJaxon]

sorry, i was only joking anyway.

[sheree&the-gt]

please, if you have any advice that will help me, post. if not, keep your thoughts to yourself.

thanks

[Teapot]

I got 10 bob (50p) per hourly session at the Burden Neurological Institute in Frenchay, Bristol, for reaction tests and other experiments involving wires stuck on my head. Probably just about covered the bus fare and a packet of Bristol tipped.

[Juju]

Sheree, it is worth looking into this a bit further.

In this country, you will not get paid to be a practise model for a trainee surgeon to reattach any bits that they have paid you to cut off.

You can, however, earn thousands from doing tests from pharmaceutical firms. You have to register & go through a physical exam etc, but essentially, if you're between the age of 18 & 50, with no history of anything on their lists, you will be accepted.

Quintiles are one company responsible, try Astra Zeneca, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline etc....

There is a portal for more info: http://www.clinicalt...ecruitment.html

EDIT: More info from www.entertrials.co.uk...

The positives and benefits to being a clinical trials volunteer can include:

• Payment. Volunteers typically receive anything between £30 to £3,000 for their involvement in a UK clinical trial. Generally speaking, Phase 1 trials are for healthy volunteers who will be reimbursed for the time they are involved, so the longer the trial or more time you stay overnight for example, the more you will be reimbursed. Many volunteers we have spoken to agree it is ‘easy money’ and a temporary alternative to part time jobs, with some of the time in a trial being spent playing pool, watching DVD’s, read books, chatting with other volunteers and enjoying other relaxed activities.
• Obtain expert medical care associated with the trial at leading health care facilities, and comprehensive medical check-up without charge.
• Meals: Feedback from volunteers has indicated that some of the Clinical Trials Units (CTU’s) offer some pretty good healthy meals, which better still are without charge.
• Make new friends: new to the UK? Meet other volunteers and strike up new friendships with similar people to yourselves.
• Accommodation: Longer trials will often require overnight stays, which means accommodation without charge.
• Health benefits: If you are a patient volunteer with an ailment, then this is an opportunity to play a more active role in your healthcare and gain access to treatments in research often before they are widely available. This does not mean they are any better or even as good as existing treatments. That is after all why they are being tested, but at least the treatments are generally without charge during the trial and there is the possibility that the treatments are better.
• Help others (and potentially yourself) by contributing to medical research and scientific knowledge.
• Ethical: Each UK drug trial is approved and monitored by an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) in the EU

Negatives and risks to volunteering in clinical trials can include:

• On rare occasions there may be unpleasant, serious or, in very rare cases indeed, even life-threatening side effects to treatment, especially if you are amongst the very first volunteers to trial a drug. It’s worth remembering the vast majority of drug trials are comfortable and only the very small minority of those that go wrong receive press coverage.
• For patient volunteers the clinical treatment may not be effective. The treatment under study does not always turn out to be better than, or even as good as, standard treatment. The researchers hope that it is, but they need to do the study to find out for sure.
• Like existing treatments, the treatment under study may work for some, but not others.
• You may end up receiving a placebo and be placed in the control or reference group who do not receive the trial medicine until after the clinical trial has finished.
• Certain trials or studies may require more of your time and attention than other types of trials or existing treatments, which could mean many trips to the clinic site, a large number of treatments, and hospital stays or complex dosage requirements.

Safety, ethics and industry regulations
Before any prospective treatment is tested on humans, it is thoroughly investigated and researched through laboratory and model studies to determine if it's safe. It is extremely rare and very unlikely that unsafe treatments would then pass from a laboratory and reach a stage where human testing commences. Once a new treatment has passed lab, and often animal testing, before it can be trialled, investigated through a clinical trial, the trial must be approved and monitored by an Ethics Committee Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) in the EU to make sure the risks are as low as possible and are worth any potential benefits. An Ethics Committee is an independent committee of physicians, statisticians, normal members of the community, and other suitably qualified experts whose task it is to ensure a clinical trial is ethical, as safe as possible, and that the rights of study participants are fully protected. In the UK this industry is regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA).

Edited by Juju, 02 April 2008 - 03:04 PM.

[RobJaxon]

You must be really stuck for money if you're willing to sell your body

[wolfys_mini]

dude its not prostitution!

i think its a decent idea. a good way to meet new people, all be it a bit strange lol

[Angelic_Fruitcake]

Sheree, you may find this useful as well http://www.medtrials.co.uk/

A lot of them are for people with existing illnesses, but there are some that require healthy participants. Hope its useful

[sheree&the-gt]

dude its not prostitution!

i think its a decent idea. a good way to meet new people, all be it a bit strange lol

thankyou.

Grrr, you're really starting to bug me. I'm not selling my body, and I'm not uctting parts off to sell for money either (I'm not gonna sell my organs, toes, arms etc!)

Idiot.

I know a few people, and they get some good money for it in thier spare time.

Thanks for the GOOD advice.

x

[wolfys_mini]

he made it sound like you were standing on the street corners!

ultimatly its upto you, it is a decent idea, seems like easy money, get to meet new people, and imagine telling people you have done tests! imagine their faces!

[sazal]

Sounds like a good idea! I think you can get money for being in an identity parade, think you only get £10 though each time you do it, but im not too sure?

[GreaseMonkey]

i remember on the radio they were advertising for people with asthma to test some new drug or something that was supposed to help asthma sufferers