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Nancy S. and All. A coupla months ago and running for a period of about a month there were radio and newspaper advertisements in the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (which encompasses umpty trillion people) originating from one of large drug testing companies. They were looking for test subjects for PD related transdermal patches, which I presumed (from the wording of the ads) to have been Sinemet. In making their plea for test subjects, two things popped stuck in my min: 1. It was specifically mentioned that this was a the SECOND human testing, i.e., as in they were well past the monkey-testing stage of the tests, and: 2. I was surprised to note that while vertually every time I've heard company advertising for test subjects, no matter what the disease or condition there is ALWAYS some sort of stipend for the test subject --- from around $250 all the way up to $850 for taking part in the testing. There wasn't so much as one thin dime offered for the those Parkies who might be a test subject for the transdermal patch being tested. I couldn't help but wonder if those PWPs who appled are soooo desperate for PD symptem that they'd not only partcipate in being ginea pigs, but would do it for FREE! Sorry, but I don't recall which company was doing the testing. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Spires <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:36 PM Subject: sinemet patch >does anyone know anything about patch? where, when, how. nancy spires