Medical Studies and Medfet

I participated for the first time today in a medical study for the research. There was no physical examination, I had to do exercises to test my cognitive abilities, first a video game on a tablet, then classic questionnaires. The goal is to assess whether the results are the same with the two methods. The tablet would be easier to use and give earlier indications about age-related dementia. Nothing erotic so far.

It was a young woman who conducted the tests, she did not have the title of doctor. At first, she asked me a few questions and asked what medications I was taking. So I told her about a nasal spray and herbal medicine for the prostate. Looking back, I wonder why I told her about my prostate, I should have been embarrassed to do so and I don't think it was important for this study.

I have two questions:

In the same situation, would you have talked about this drug for the prostate or not?

Do you think that this medfet forum makes easier to talk about intimate issues with medical staff?

If they ask for medications in relation to a study, it's a good idea to disclose everything, Including supplements and herbals.

I think that those with medical fetishes generally are more able to freely discuss their health with providers, although I think we sometimes might surprise them with the knowledge we have.

If this is a medical study that at some point will involve pharmaceuticals (i.e. a clinical trial), then yes, you were absolutely right to tell them what specific medications you were talking. Not all pharmaceuticals play well together and you don't want to be in a situation where your health could take a downturn.

If this is a medical study that at some point will involve pharmaceuticals.

This study does not involve pharmaceuticals later. I think that invasive studies must necessarily be preceded by a discussion with a doctor.

Some medications do affect cognition. Better to disclose too much than not enough. For example: Depakote, Topamax (aka Dopamax), first gen antidepressants like Amitriptyline.

I want to expand on this topic by asking more questions.

Have you ever participated in a medical study, or would you like to do so, just to have medical examinations in a real context?

This allows you to satisfy your medical fetish fantasies, but also allows research to progress and could help other people.

Would you also be willing to participate in invasive studies?

I will give you two examples of ongoing studies in Switzerland.

In the first one, you have to do an examination with "Magnetic resonance imaging" (MRI), it is not invasive since there is no injection of contrast products. The goal is to optimize the methods with two different types of devices, without examining a particular organ.

In the second one, a device "Positron emission tomography - Magnetic resonance imaging" (PET-MRI) is used. It is an invasive study since ionizing radiations are used and a radioactive product is injected into the blood. This study aims to find out why women die more often after a myocardial infarction.

For the first study, you will receive 30 CHF (about the same amount in € or US$) and for the second 250 CHF.

I once went to a doctor from India, who tried to persuade me to participate in medical studies , in order to supplement my low income. She wasn’t at all concerned that I might be physically and psychologically harmed by these “studies.” I declined her advice, and quickly found another doctor!

I would enjoy allowing med students to practice prostate exams on me. I would even do it for free!

I want to expand on this topic by asking more questions.

Have you ever participated in a medical study, or would you like to do so, just to have medical examinations in a real context?

A few years ago, I participated in a clinical trial for a new Migraine drug. I did so for two reasons: 1) I do have Migraines and I was honestly looking for something that would cut down on the number of them that I was getting each month. 2) Honestly, yes, I was hoping that physical examinations might be involved.

I was in the study for over a year with monthly visits. Depending on the particular purpose for each visit, they might simply give me my injection of the drug they were testing, or they might give me an examination of some type. Most visits also included some type of blood draw. The examinations might be anything from a simple vitals check to a full, strip-down exam and EKG. It all depended on what was scheduled for that particular visit.

In the end, the drugs ended up helping my Migraines a great deal! In fact, now that the drug I helped to test is on the market, I'm taking it. The examinations were interesting and helped to feed my medfet just a bit.

@JimmyJohnson Thanks for your response.

The two studies I have described with MRI and PET/MRI imaging do not provide any medical benefit, healthy people are wanted, between 50-70 yo for the second one. The only thing that could be discovered on the images is a disease not yet known.

For the second study, there is a medical examination to determine if some problems would exclude a participation (for example heart diseases, overweight, drugs). I don't know if it's a thorough exam or just a discussion with the doctor. I have already exchanged a few emails with him, he would like to see the results of a cardiac ultrasound that I had last year.

This preliminary discussion does not mean that I have agreed to participate in this study. Even after the start, it is possible to give up at any time without giving a reason.

@JimmyJohnson would that drug from your study be Aimovig? It’s a CGRP inhibitor. Aimovig reduced my migraines from 14-17/month down to 3-4/month.

@JimmyJohnson would that drug from your study be Aimovig? It’s a CGRP inhibitor. Aimovig reduced my migraines from 14-17/month down to 3-4/month.

The study drug was actually Ajovy by Teva, one of the other CGRP inhibitors. I was in the range of 19+ a month, now only 2 or 3 in a bad month. In a word: Lifechanging!

I'm part of a study related to a shingles vaccine. It's probably partly my medfet interest and partly my interest in science that makes me interested in being part of medical studies. So I didn't hesitate when invited for this trial. It's a bit ‘boring’ from a medfet perspective, but I still enjoyed the medical visits at the start of the process.

I saw an advertisement for subjects wanted at the university medical school where I lived. I never answered the ad but have always wondered what it entailed.