Been for a screening appointment today for a medical trial - as a "healthy volunteer", being a guinea pig to test a vaccine. As I was wating around between urine tests, ECGs, blood tests, much filling in of forms during the consenting process, I wondered what experiences other people may have had.
This is actually my third medical trial - I was in one of the early covid vaccine trials, because I wanted to help out. Didn't have any problems and found it interesting. When that finished up I got emails from a national database of trials I'd signed up to, telling me about other trials happening in my area, I saw another one at the same site I'd be eligible for so put my name forward to do that. It lasted a year, again no problems and was glad to help out. Now the same has happened again so being screened for my third trial. This is a "challenge trial" where they test the effectiveness of the vaccine so that should be fun!
Has anyone taken part and had weird reactions? Or been to one of the intense residential type ones where you have to stay on site for several weeks?
If anyone has any questions about the trials I've done then happy to answer them...