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Referral Partners The clinics below will pay this site a predetermined referral fee for anyone who mentions Just Another Lab Rat! as their referral source and completes their 1st study. - - - - - On This Site                              Open/Close Home About This Site Mission Lab Test Info Study Tips Downloads Travel Tips Articles FAQ's Shop Message Board Patient Clinics Sleep Clinics University Clinics Guide                                           Open/Close Introduction Types Of Studies Phone Screening Clinic Screening Checking In During The Study After The Study Making A Living Healthy Clinics                         Open/Close AZ - Dedicated Phase I AZ - MDS CA - Clinical App Labs CA - Covance CA - Profil CT - Pfizer FL - Allied Research FL - Covance HI - Covance ID - Covance IL - Abbott IN - Covance IN - Eli-Lilly KS - PRA Int'l KS - Quintiles MD - Parexel MI - Jasper MN - Pracs E Grand Forks MN - Prism MO - Gateway NC - AAIPharma ND - Pracs Fargo NE - MDS NE - Qualia Clinical NJ - ABR NJ - BMS NJ - MDS NV - Novum NY - Buffalo Clinical OR - Covance PA - Novum PA - Wyeth TN - NOCCR TX - Cedra - Austin TX - Cedra - San Antonio TX - Covance - Austin TX - Covance - Dallas TX - DGD TX - Healthcare Discov TX - Human Test Subject TX - Novum TX - PPD WA - Charles River WI - Covance WI - Spaulding Clinical WV - Kendle Int'l		On This Page... As seen in: Thought of the Week Human Pesticide Testing Refer Me Please! Buy a T-Shirt, a mug or a hat!  Profits goes to support this site! Some Changes To The Clinic Profile Pages Doing It For The First Time Join The Forum! Feedback - Ask a question / Survey New To This Site? Upcoming Changes to this site A note about spam Regional Maps of Clinics (NEW!) Myspace Profiles - Thought of the Week - Click here for archives Return to Top Blood Draws In almost every study, you will have at least one day of heavy blood draws more commonly known as PK day, kinetics or pharmakinetics.  Depending on the study, you may have one or more of these days.  Your blood will be drawn from six or seven to fifteen or more times.  Unless otherwise specified, these will be straight sticks or a fresh needle each time.  In the event the phlebotomist can’t get enough blood on the first try, someone else will try again with a new needle.  Some studies will allow a heplock or also known as a heparin cannula.  This is a plastic tube that is inserted into your vein and operates like a spigot.  Each time it is used, it must be flushed with heparin, thus many sponsors do not allow heplocks.    It is highly recommended that subjects have at least 2 good veins on each arm which should minimize difficulties in drawing blood.  In order to assure that you have minimal problems, you should drink a consistent amount of water everyday, in a study and during your normal life.  Two liters a day is recommended for most people.  On the day before, during and after a kinetic day, you should increase your water intake by sixteen to thirty two ounces.  After a blood draw, hold your arm straight and the gauze with firm pressure for at least ten minutes.  Just because it stops bleeding on the outside doesn’t mean it has stopped on the inside.  This will reduce the chance of scar tissue.  If your blood draw site becomes swollen, you should ice it and switch to a different vein or the other arm.  Do not get your blood drawn after the vein has been iced.  It can be painful and the vein will be constricted.  If your veins have trouble popping to the surface, consider a squeeze ball or stress reliever.  Once the blood gets flowing into the tube, relax your fist.  On a final note, once your study is complete, use vitamin E oil or lotion to help heal the scarring.  Cocoa butter lotion is also good. - Human Pesticide Testing Return to Top There is a reporter in Washington working on an article about humans being used to test pesticides.  If you have done such a study or know anything about them, feel free to contact Larry via email.    This article is not related to this site.  - Refer Me Please! Return to Top Well, I tried to set up a deal with some of the clinics to get referral bonuses for people mentioning my site but it hasn't worked out so far.  So, in the mean time, if you would like to use me as your referral source, use the information below!  And thanks to those who already have!     This is a PO box, not where I live!  So don't stop by expecting to see me! You may also send donations / contributions to the above address in the form of a money order. - Buy a T-Shirt, a mug or a hat!  Profits goes to support this site! Return to Top Click any shirt to view all choices Just Another Lab Rat! - Support this site. Buy some stuff! All designs are now available in men's and women's styles!  New Designs! - Some Changes To The Clinic Profile Pages Return to Top You may have noticed some changes to the clinic profile pages.  This has led to a little confusion but hopefully not too much.  You will notice that under volunteer amenities,  internet access and housing that there are entries that are hard to read.  This is meant to be a template and means that no information is known yet.  If there is dark text, then that means that the clinic has those features.  This also corresponds to the feedback form if you wish to add information about a clinic.    And finally, there's been a lot of frustration among lab rats about what this site does for the world.  Certainly, the more people who find out about clinical research, the more people who try to get into studies.  Clinical research is still a growing industry and the more people who are interested in participating will lead to more studies and more clinics.  So yes, there will be periods with more people than slots available but that has almost always been the case.  Ultimately, the more people interested in clinical research, the more drugs will be sent through the pipelines.  It would seem to be a win/win situation for everyone.    Paul C. ~ Webmaster - Doing It For The First Time Return to Top Coming soon! A step by step walk-through of the whole process of volunteering for a clinical study for first timers.    And thanks to everyone who has given feedback to this site or participated on the message board!  And a special thanks to the 5 people who bought merchandise! - - Join the forum!  Post info about upcoming studies and more! Be informed of Major Studies! Return to Top This is the place to share your experiences with clinical research.  Tell others why you like it so much or why you do it.  Need a ride?  Find and offer a ride.  Not a member of the forum yet?  Join for free right now!     Register - It's Free! - Add information about a clinic or ask a question! Return to Top Know of a clinic not listed on this site?  Want to add additional information to a clinic already on this site?  Have a question about clinical research? - Bored?  Fill out our survey! Return to Top It takes just a few minutes and will help us improve this site - New to this site? Return to Top New to this site?  Interested in learning more about clinical research?  Click here for the guide to being a research subject.  Clinical Research In A Nutshell A simple explanation of the study process A Big Thank You! Thanks to everyone who has contributed information to this site so far!  Without your help, this site could not be what it is today. The Cardinal Rules for Volunteering for Clinical Research Studies - Upcoming changes Return to Top I will be working on the University Clinic and Sleep Clinic lists next week.  I am also working on a glossary of terms related to clinical research.  A few other projects in the pipelines.  - Please be advised that there have been several spammers faking my email address to send out spam!  Click for more

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