UK drug test gone wrong

euphratis SG

Would you be a guinea pig if they pay u for drug test.

6 UK life hanging by a threat after new drug test gone wrong.... enlarged heads & lung & etc. Papers said they were paid 3000euro per test...

will you do it? is life worth so little? maybe when in need cash

BTW anyone knows if Singapore is legalised for drug testing?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

As far as I know, drugs aren't tested on humans until animal drugs tests showed no major side effects.

euphratis SG

That is what was done before administrating to these 6 brits...

Is Singapore legally allowing drug test? Remember seeing class-ads in the papers for healthy soul for drug test.... Shocked

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Since it is done, obviously, what works on animals didn't work on humans. To put it in more simpler terms, human anatomy and animals anatomy, no matter how similar, there will still be differences. These differences could be the cause of such bad allergic reactions.

As for whether it is legal for such thing, you have to wait for oxford mushroom to come in. He's a doctor here, so I guess he should know some rules.

lwflee SG

I actually applied to participate in some of these tests. I figured why not? The money is good, expenses are paid, and the risks are low. In the end though, I was not selected for any test. Luckily, I might add, for participation in such a test will be recorded in your medial records and might have limited my options in the future.

Nowadays, I stick to participating in simple psychology experiments. The money is low; the most I ever earnt was £7 in 30mins. But its easy money and I could use with the pocket change. Mr. Green

lwflee SG

Some people over here are using this argument to campaign (again) for an end to animal testing. Funny how most of these people do not seem too keen to give up on using products that have been tested on animals.

oxford mushroom SG

Clinical trials are absolutely necessary before drugs can be safely marketed. The disaster in this case is extremely rare and I cannot remember one as devastating as this one before and thousands of such trials have been done over the years.

This was a Phase I trial to test the pharmacokinetics (how the body metabolize the drug) and usually a smaller dose than usual would have been administered. It is performed on healthy individuals and in this case it was a 'first in human' trial.

It had previously been tested on rabbit and primate, I think....you need to test on at least 2 animals, one of which should be a rodent, before you can move it to human Phase I trials. The compnay said there were no problems before but investigations are ongoing.

Can they do that in Singapore? Yes and they are being done. Singapore has ambitions of being a regional clinical trial centre and I think there will be more of such trials to come.

I think this case highlights the inherent risk in all such trials. Although the consent form is supposed to require volunteers to understand the risks, I doubt if they were aware that the risks can be so devastating, albeit rare. The victims may be able to sue on the grounds that the information given was not sufficient and so the consent was not completely valid. It will be interesting to see how the court will rule but I have a feeling it will be settled out of court.

I hope Singapore will learn from this lesson and ensure sufficient insurance cover for all such trials. Volunteers should also know that there is a small risk that things can go horribly wrong and that includes death.

Animal testing will not be sufficient. Perhaps the lesson from this incident is that we might have to do MORE animal testing and start with even lower doses and slowly titrate upwards.

lousyboiboi SG

there are drug test in singapore. i even went for a briefing for volunteers. but i opted out after the briefing eventually. S$400 only though. but its not the money. i don't want any health complications. Cool

DailyFreeGames.com SG

You talk is like you never talk, what you said is right, but it's like you no need to say one mah... Of course animals and humans have differences, don't say animal and humans, even humans can differ from one and another... If animals is the same as humans, then animals will start talking and flaming the forums, and also they won't need human testing ler mah, human testing need money leh, animal don't ask to be paid, they just need food.

DailyFreeGames.com SG

Right, the money is good, but the risk is not always low lah. The stakes are always high when it concern your health and life.

DailyFreeGames.com SG

More animal testings? Arghhhhh I feel for the animals... *Don a rat suit and hold a 'Save the Rats' board*

oxford mushroom SG

Save the rats...and use humans instead? Don't say it too loud or Bush might just use the illegal combatants in Guantanamo Bay instead..

ndmmxiaomayi SG

As far as I know, those who are serious about it really won't take medication if they know that particular drug has been tested on animals. But it only happens for the other extreme end, most don't do it.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Ya lor. Straight away test on humans. Only who dares nia. Laughing