Comments for Thoughts from a Lab Rat http://jalr.org/blog Keep up to date with 'thoughts of the week' by the author of Just Another Lab Rat! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Forum is down again! by Brandon http://jalr.org/blog/2009/11/17/forum-is-down-again/#comment-166 Brandon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:44:14 +0000 http://jalr.org/blog/?p=168#comment-166 Hope its back again soon. I have a few updates for you. Hope its back again soon. I have a few updates for you.

]]> Comment on Making it last by Administrator http://jalr.org/blog/2009/08/14/making-it-last/#comment-142 Administrator Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:27:18 +0000 http://jalr.org/blog/?p=132#comment-142 Hum, that sounds like a pickle. I have heard of other incidences where subjects are restricted to certain studies and then still excluded. It's a touchy subject as agree or disagree, there's not much that can be done. I’m not sure what the range is for PPD, but if you’re slightly out of range for PPD standards, then of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean your unhealthy. Do you do any type of regular exercising? Do you ride your bicycle to PPD to screen? Hum, that sounds like a pickle. I have heard of other incidences where subjects are restricted to certain studies and then still excluded. It’s a touchy subject as agree or disagree, there’s not much that can be done. I’m not sure what the range is for PPD, but if you’re slightly out of range for PPD standards, then of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean your unhealthy. Do you do any type of regular exercising? Do you ride your bicycle to PPD to screen?

]]> Comment on Making it last by michael http://jalr.org/blog/2009/08/14/making-it-last/#comment-141 michael Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:29:27 +0000 http://jalr.org/blog/?p=132#comment-141 very confused? very confused?

]]> Comment on Making it last by michael http://jalr.org/blog/2009/08/14/making-it-last/#comment-140 michael Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:42 +0000 http://jalr.org/blog/?p=132#comment-140 okay, so ive been extremely curious about a situation that existed for quite some time now that no seems to give me accurate answers to. It wasnt until about a year and a half ago that I was told (from PPD staff) that I was only eligible to do "bio-studies" because of a an out of range creatinine level. For years i never had any problems getting into any study i wanted, i could literally take my pick and get in if it was available just as i could anywhere else but now the only place i couldnt get in is PPD. nevertheless, i did lots of research thinking something was wrong with me, scared as hell, and come to find out that my levels were normal for a guy my size and my weight just not in range for their standards. so here's where the confusion comes into play! I ask several staff members, including upper management, because im only eligible for bio-studies due to my creatinine range, why is it i sign up for a bio-study and im still excluded for the same reasons they say i only qualify in the the first place! i olny qualify for biostudies because of creatinine levels, so i sign up for for a bio study and they deny me because of creatinine levels. i ask them why and they blame it on sponsor but how can it be the sponsor if the range, 0.25, never changes? so every sponsor has the same range? by the way, my range is 0.30 which is very healthy. its been that way since i was 17 and now i get no love from them for it! = ( what do you feel about this paul?? okay, so ive been extremely curious about a situation that existed for quite some time now that no seems to give me accurate answers to. It wasnt until about a year and a half ago that I was told (from PPD staff) that I was only eligible to do “bio-studies” because of a an out of range creatinine level. For years i never had any problems getting into any study i wanted, i could literally take my pick and get in if it was available just as i could anywhere else but now the only place i couldnt get in is PPD. nevertheless, i did lots of research thinking something was wrong with me, scared as hell, and come to find out that my levels were normal for a guy my size and my weight just not in range for their standards. so here’s where the confusion comes into play! I ask several staff members, including upper management, because im only eligible for bio-studies due to my creatinine range, why is it i sign up for a bio-study and im still excluded for the same reasons they say i only qualify in the the first place! i olny qualify for biostudies because of creatinine levels, so i sign up for for a bio study and they deny me because of creatinine levels. i ask them why and they blame it on sponsor but how can it be the sponsor if the range, 0.25, never changes? so every sponsor has the same range? by the way, my range is 0.30 which is very healthy. its been that way since i was 17 and now i get no love from them for it! = ( what do you feel about this paul??

]]> Comment on Following the Rules by CROguy http://jalr.org/blog/2008/11/21/following-the-rules/#comment-38 CROguy Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:46:25 +0000 http://jalr.org/blog/?p=73#comment-38 Don't know if you will see this comment from an entry so far back now (maybe you get notified with new comments through wordpress though), but I work for a major CRO (one of the ones still making money right now) and I have worked on the clinical side for a few years before being in the position I am now. This is a good entry and a good point to mention. I know some of the staff can be unpleasant to deal with as a participant (I've done studies before even), but I know that the participants that don't follow the rules are almost always noted and with our organization, end up on a list of people to either blacklist for a period of time or are noted as not worth the trouble to dose. Don’t know if you will see this comment from an entry so far back now (maybe you get notified with new comments through wordpress though), but I work for a major CRO (one of the ones still making money right now) and I have worked on the clinical side for a few years before being in the position I am now.

This is a good entry and a good point to mention. I know some of the staff can be unpleasant to deal with as a participant (I’ve done studies before even), but I know that the participants that don’t follow the rules are almost always noted and with our organization, end up on a list of people to either blacklist for a period of time or are noted as not worth the trouble to dose.

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