True...it's like being a blood donor. Those people are needed.
But...in the above case...something went wrong and the NHS weren't even informed of the experiment. They were no specialists or surgeons there and the patients had to be taken to the nearest hospital.
If you were young and healthy and needed money, would you volunteer as a guinea pig for some new drug, having been convinced that you could save thousands of lives?
I recently saw an article/YouTube regarding drug testing in the UK, which proved to be very interesting indeed!
They recruited 8 volunteers to take part. It involved a 3-day stay in their clinic, paying them 2000 pounds (this was a few years ago!). Although the drug had previously been tested on monkeys – with no ill effect - it was the first time on humans.
Unfortunately, after 5mn of being administered intravenously, the drug had some unforeseen serious side effects leaving two of the patients in a critical condition for some months. As for the others, they slowly recovered after some terrible side effects.
The question is: will they have permanent organ damage?
daniela777 Forum Posts (2,714)
Guinea Pigs For New Drugs?
That's exactely the one I saw!Thank you