• Question: Have you ever taken part in a clinical trial? if yes what was the drug for and what was it like?

    Asked by to Amy, Anita, Daryl on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Daryl Jones answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      Hey again hannahgrimes!

      No I’ve never taken part in one! Although i’ve often thought I’d like to 🙂 there are lots of clinical trials at mayo clinic, maybe i will enroll in one 🙂

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      Anita Thomas answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      Hi Hannah,

      I most certainly have. A couple actually. One was a combined manipulation and drug treatment for tennis elbow. The other involved swallowing a camera/manipulator, so that my upper intestine contents could be seen and sampled from during a test. The treatment (a tablet) was one to prevent vomiting, I think.

      I’ve also been on the other end of the Clinical trial ie administering the drug, doing the sampling, doing the analyses.

      Cheers,
      Anita.

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      Amy Monaghan answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      Hey Hannahgrimes

      I’m actually taking part in a clinical trial at the moment but it’s a dietary and exercise intervention study so looking at the effects of food and fat on exercise performance. I don’t have to take any drugs but I do have to donate a lot of blood.

      My friend also uses some of my blood each week to test new drugs on blood clotting in her lab. I’ve also done a study where the scientists have used MRI to take different pictures of my brain whilst I answered questions. The pictures from that were pretty cool. So there’s actually a lot of clinical trials that take place without drugs too!

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