Thoughts from a Lab Rat

Doing studies can be a great source of income and some people like to do as many studies as they possibly can. Every clinic has a designated ‘washout’ period in which you are not allowed to do studies. The standard is 30 days from the last dose unless otherwise specified in the informed consent. Some types of drugs may require longer washouts. In the US, there is no universal monitoring system in place due to the confidentiality of each clinic. Therefore, it is up to you to ‘police’ yourself and make sure you are obeying your washouts. There may be consequences from doing studies back to back. Drug interaction of course, is the main concern. Also, your blood supply needs replenishing and your veins need time to heal. Just Another Lab Rat! highly recommends that if you are one of those who does studies back to back without obeying the 30 washout period, that you stop doing so. You may never get caught but you may be skewing the results of subsequent studies by not having a clinically clean bill of health. Again, I cannot stress this enough, clinics and sponsors are paying you to use your clean body and for you to follow all study parameters. It’s just like buying a car from someone who knows that there is a problem with the transmission but they fail to tell you. I’m sure you would like the honest truth from the car seller. So does the clinics and the sponsors but ultimately, the people who will eventually benefit from the drug.