Would you sell your body for $8,000?

Makes me want to work harder at stopping trading my time for money.

lots of places conduct human trials on medications and whatnot... hadn't heard of the spinal tap though (just lots of blood draws). once you pass the animal trials, you need to the human experiments for fda approval.

Wow, I clicked on this link rather quickly. I'm a little embarrassed now that I think about it ...

So, $8,000 for experimental drugs and spinal taps? I'll agree, that's pretty bad. But what's really insane is what some people will do for just $50. Makes your head spin ...

-Jeff

That title is TOTAL link bait! Nice job.

TomG.

If you have never been seriously ill. If you have never seen a loved one be seriously ill. If you have never experienced the joy of waking 'from the dead' then I can understand why subjecting yourself to this sort of testing could seem odd.

What I see as odd, though, is that rather than talk about altruism, service to mankind and medical research - $8,000 seems to be important.

I have never been paid for participating in clinical trials but I know that my condition can make me a valuable guinea pig so, if I am asked and if I am able, I do volunteer.

I've heard of people selling body organs. I still think that despite of the high risk and "desperation" for money, they still do a great and somewhat noble service to others. They get paid to risk their lives and save others. Hats off to them... but major boo to serial killers who get paid to do otherwise.

Most trials are pretty safe.

CRO | Contract Research Organization | PPD Home Page <-- conducts trials in my city.

I don't have a problem with the trials, but I don't participate for my boyfriend's sake. If you do your research on who's conducting them and you don't do them too often, chances are you'll be fine.

This is amazing what people will do for a few bucks. They guy might be dead or at least not well for the rest of his live but hey!...he got $8k

Crazy

Hey, the title is a bit misleading! It's just a 18-day lease of the body. Then you have it back and IF the good Doc did well, it will also heal itself of any puncture wounds.

Sam

My body is worth far more than $8000, I probably wouldn't subject myself to any tests (unless I already have a disease, and the clinical trial is for a cure or prevention)

I had an uncle that did something like this lol. He got too old for it I hear and instead of finally getting a job, he got his younger girlfriend to start doing it instead. Some people are insane!

What about prostitutes who "SELL" their bodies to anyone for $50 to feed their drug addiction? Let alone all kind of diseases they carry in their body...

Clinical trials is how filmmaker Robert Rodriquez got the $5-7K to make his first feature length movie, El Mariachi. That movie launched his career.

$8,000 for a chance to die? No thanks.

In other words get employed as a lab rat. $8k in 18 days is not bad I suppose, but being a lab rat is not my calling, thank you very much.

But hey, no job is a bad job. Give the guy some credit, he may be a subject for a drug that will save your life.

i did that when i was in college...did it for far less than 8000...

I am almost sure that they need to have some type of approval before you can begin human trials. I dont believe its a risky as some of you make out to be. Still, I would never do that!!

I would never do this. This is insane. What if you have complications??

Some people would do this and this amazes me a lot. But again,when it comes to MONEY, some people will do anything.

Tal

Don't sell this as a secret in DP, some might do it.

In college, some girls on my floor were desperate for
cash and sold their eggs for $3,000 to a local fertility
clinic.

I was always too afraid of needles so they couldn't talk
me into it. But most of them now wonder what happened
to their eggs and if they may in fact have children out there.

It's crazy what people will do for money...and that was
17 years ago. I'll bet they pay a heck of a lot more now.

When I saw the title I thought - hell, if I found someone that wanted my body bad enough to pay that kind of money I'd probably marry him. :rolleyes:

There are a few things that come to my mind here -
1. Around a quarter of a mil die each year from APPROVED drugs. Pharms are dangerous period.
2. Our present head of the FDA almost didn't get his job - they told him he had to quit the experiments in FL that were enraging the public - he was paying desperate low income mothers $1,000 bucks and a t-shirt (no, not kidding) to spray their babies with toxic chemicals to see the effects.
3. Sometimes a person has been told they have no hope of survival against a disease. The drug on trial MAY save them. These people not only are happy to try them out - they will petition for the right to do so - can we blame them?
4. Back in the 50's (and it may still be going on, who's gonna tell us?) the medical community and government were using masses of population to test these things without the knowledge of those to be effective. There's an old book called 10,000 guinea pigs. Can't remember who wrote it but it's extremely enlightening.
I would much rather see people go willingly and get paid for it than having something dropped in our water, food, vaccines, or subways where people never suspect they are exposed to a danger.
5. Some people will do anything for a buck including sell their own children, kill, torture, sell national security secrets, run lethal drugs. So whether someone wants to sell themselves for some cash isn't a real surprising thing. You can only hope that they are making good choices and have solid reasons for the studies they participate in.

If you are thinking of getting into one of these studies - just remember this:
Our medical community is an industry - not separate from the Pharmaceutical corporate complex. Pharms write the courses and direct the programs that our med students take. They PAY for the studies on their own products and can be very effective at tipping results in their favor. How many whistle blowers are there considering the pharms are paying their bills or giving the grants? The FDA is also supported by the very industries it is constructed to protect us from - usually "safe" means "safe enough to avoid massive law suits" and even then they mess up.

Any time you put a chemical in your body that wasn't naturally meant to be there it can cause problems -- tested or untested. So just weigh the benefits and the risks real careful before you sign up for a study.

I would NEVER do that! Not for $8,000, NOT for & 80,000, NOT for $800,000... NOTHING!

What if they make a mistake and they screw your body?

Believe me, health is the most valuable thing your life... I suggest that you take care of it.

While I see the value in human testing, let me tell you...I worked in the pharmaceutical business for 20 years. I have seen every phase of product creation, from R&D to final packaging.

I also know some of the chemicals that go in to these drugs. Chemicals that by themselves do things like:

- eat stainless steel like nothing
- hang in the air like a cloud making people sick
- explode when water contacts it
- explode when air contacts it

and so much more. I realize that by the time you get to the actual pill that the amount of these chemicals are TINY, I would not purposely put them into my body without good reason, or in the repeated quantity for 18 days.

I don't even like taking them when they are prescribed

So, I would definitely NOT do that for ANY amount of money.

Well...maybe a few million

Mike

There's a book called "Rebel Without a Crew" by Robert Rodriquez. It's his diary, and much of it takes place in a similar "guinea pig" test lab. (Great book btw)

He's locked in this lab for 30 days and will get paid $6,000. While in there he wrote a screenplay called "El Mariachi" since he had a lot of free time and nothing else to do. When released he shot the film himself for $6,000.

That film rocketed his career and allowed him to make millions doing movies like "Spy Kids", "Sin City", "Grindhouse", and now he's about to do... get this... "The Jetsons".

So, in theory, following the same blueprint... a marketer could have 18 days of free time to develop a product then $8,000 to launch it once he's released.

Scott,
I posted that above.

It's one of the legendary stories in indie moviemaking.

guys!

There are people who are in debt and for which $8000 is a LOT of money.
There are people who are so deep in debt and they have money related problems that they might even consider suicide because of those problems.

So..."risking" a body for getting $8000 is a WAY better choice than being $8000 in debt and facing being homeless or committing suicide, wouldn't you agree? For some people $8000 could solve a lot of their problems.

Just saw the title and thought "Geezz...I can't seem to even give my body away lately.."

Quote: "I also know some of the chemicals that go in to these drugs. Chemicals that by themselves do things like:

- eat stainless steel like nothing
- hang in the air like a cloud making people sick
- explode when water contacts it
- explode when air contacts it

and so much more. I realize that by the time you get to the actual pill that the amount of these chemicals are TINY, I would not purposely put them into my body without good reason, or in the repeated quantity for 18 days.

I don't even like taking them when they are prescribed "

Drug companies do a lot of BAD stuff.



Why is Codex Alimentarius bad? For those of you do not know, do yourself a favor and google it before it is too late (and that is SOON).

Not only experimenting with humans, now they are going to take away what is good for you!

I guess if you're desperate enough you'll become a guinea pig. For someone with no money $8000 is a lot. Who knows it could be a miracle medicine. Or it could kill you I've heard about people from India donating their kidneys for money for rich people instead of them on the long waiting list and they might die before they get to the top of the waiting list.

It went wrong about 3 years ago if you can remember. 3 people got very ill from it.

hmm..8000 to repeated creating an opening in my spinal column. leaving me vulnerable to the nastiest kind of infections...in my spine.

i'll pass.

Many people in developing countries have sold one of their kidneys for less than that.

Wow! It's a news for me as well. Oh gosh... are we looking at new job will be taking ... that is experiment on there body...

I got to the point that I thought about becoming an egg donor a large sum. But, my pedigree wasn't up to snuff.

I have participated in one of those medical trails before, though. I got $50 a week to take social anxiety meds and come in once a week for 'counseling'. I think I got the placebo

Many people in poorer countries do this very thing as well. It's actually a normal way of life -- scary, huh?

LOL, Tim. I'm sparing you and me both -see link below:rolleyes:

You need more than a couple of times a week, Thom - and 15 -20 minutes is a minimum for a two day supply or so, but many people slap on that sunscreen to GO outside at all.

I'm putting a link to the article I wrote instead of writing it all here again.
Note though - Avobenzone is SO carcinogenic that it has been banned in both EU and the US...........except - there is about a year supply of sunscreens with it in them on the market so the FDA postponed activation of the ban for a year so the Manufactureres can sell out of it...which means people will be dying from it for another YEAR. Money over safety.....the American way.
Sals Secrets Revealed

No way would I volunteer for any drug testing. Pharm companies are evil to the core and I would never put their crap into my body. $8000 is about 10,000,000% less then my body is worth to me.

Fools.

No, I didn't notice that one, Thom - and another thing that is important for people of color is that as humans migrated northward their skin lightened - the darker your skin, the less sensitive it is to Vitamin D absorption so Blacks and Hispanics, etc, that live in the North need much more sunlight than us whites do. We're built for less light.

Your notes on fragrance are interesting - I use tea tree oil, bugs HATE it. Won't touch Munch or I when we have it on.....the ticks out here are crazy this year. Munch went outside to go potty one day and came in after 5 minutes out with a whole swarm on him. Got my tea tree oil out and they aren't to be found.

Not a chance.

what does exactly the doctors get after such trials, Medical Science is becoming insane actually, is there any Law exist to stop such incidents ?

hmm mad scientists? Evil Corporations? sounds like a bond movie in the making...

hey Sal,

You want to know how much *I* trust the idiots in the medical industry? There is a product that I now NEED to keep from getting a stroke! They WANTED to test me, and portion the stuff out. They ALSO wanted me to pay a LOT! I managed to test MYSELF, and trick them into giving me MORE, and I am buying GENERIC! The result? Instead of the 20 day supply they WANTED to give me, I have over a YEARs supply, and it grows by about 20 days every few weeks! AND it costs about the same for a year as a MONTH used to cost me!

If they decide to take it off the market, I will have a couple years to fight, etc...

I have done the same with a number of foods, cash, etc...

Did you know that they found a CURE for a lot of kidney damage!?!?!? It is a special type of Vitamin B! Do you know what the FDA did? They proposed a BAN on it!!!!!! A BAN on a pill that can keep you from having to be loaded up with EXPENSIVE drugs, and put on dialysis for the rest of your life!!!!! That ONE pill could save health care a FORTUNE! Do you think Obama would overturn the ban? NO WAY!

Steve

it wont save healthcare a fortune, it will cost them a fortune in revenue...thats why its banned.

Tim - I should have known Obama would change heads of the FDA when he got in.
I just tried to find the articles but I'm running low on time - Under Bush there were 3 FDA heads - Don't know what happened to the first but he was replaced by Crawford who quit abruptly and was replaced by Von Eschenbach who also had problems of some sort - Congress fought over putting him in pretty hard. I think it was him that I was thinking of - real shady character. Congress didn't want him in there, but if you remember, Bush had a way of closing doors and getting things done. It was during the middle of 2005 so I think I'm right that it was him. Anyhow - all of his Men are out of the FDA now.

Incidentally - for those who don't understand the big CODEX controversy and don't have time to read a book of really tenuous crap - here's a link that will clear a few of the issues up for you.
Health Freedom Threats: Codex, FDA, Vaccinations, GMOs :: HealthFreedomUSA.org

I won't do it.

I wouldnt do anything where they're pulling spinal fluid, I'd maybe pop some pills and get some blood drawn.

Totally agree, I have to feel guilty for being caught up with the "link bait" title.

With regards to the human guinea pig issue, I truly am aware of that.

$8,000?? In certain VERY depressed areas of where I come from, they'd be more than happy to do it for free lunch.

Sad but true.

8k and the possibility to get an infection with multiple spinal taps? pass. If you get a spinal cord infection, you're done...and 8k isnt going to cover it.

I wouldn't sell my body.

However I could rent it out.

Reasonable rates.

Huh? $8k just for being researched in hospital for 18 days? That's a lot of money and not that really risky. Here in Lithuania we are fighting crysis now, people are selling their kidneys in illegal ways for just ~100 000LT(its about $50k) - that's just sick! They are ruining their future lives for money. I just can not understand it.

I once dated a girl for a couple months that sold her own child for $18,000. Where did all of the money go? Drugs. All of the red tape was cleared by a lawyer, and she and the baby's father has no rights to the child at all.

I have a hilarious story that very few people ever believe.

When I was younger, I did a lot for Pfizer .I went to school at Sacred Heart in Groton, CT and one of my class mates was the son of one of the head people at Pfizer. I did a study on hair loss, and received several small injections on my body (not on my head however) and low and behold, I have this awkward patch of really thick black hair that hardly even resembles back hair (seriously looks like pubic hair) - however, if you look in my picture in my avatar... my hair is brown and somewhat blond in the summer. I have no other hair on my back except for this certain section of hair on my right side near my shoulder blade. It grows very quickly, way quicker than every other type of hair on my body. It's hilarious whenever I go to the pool and forget to shave it.

I could show a picture but people would probably assume I shaved it that way or something.

Round up all the illegals and save California a lot of money (mucho dinero). Ha!

Man, I thought you were talking about something else. I was sitting over here going "hell, I never got that much, and I'm GOOD."

Ok here we go - 10 years back as a broke student I got $700 and free food for 2 months & free accomadation for going on an experimental diet for a nutrition study.

The food was actually normal but it was a different menu for each day of the week so after 2 months I was glad it was over.

Heres the thing. pee & poop were collected through the whole 2 months. Plus copious amounts of blood on some days.

Theres no such thing as a free lunch.

I'd sell my body for a BigMac and a Coke - to Halle Berry

There is no right no wrong!
Who are we to judge?
Think back to how many crazy things we have done that others many think it was outrageous?
But your body is you temple don't abuse it.

I wouldn't sell mine for $8,000...BUT, I would consider payment on a subscription basis...