Subjecting Yourself to Experimental Meds

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 16, 2005 @04:45AM from the test-monkeys-ho! dept.

ghostlibrary writes "Even while NIH is getting new ethics regs, patientINFORM is being evangelized as a way for ordinary citizens to look up experimental treatment online, in essence circumventing their doctor, and the FDA long ago tacitly approved this. /. debated Wikis in hospital. RSI fans track risky or untested procedures from the Typing Injury FAQ and Health-Hack covers IT-related self-help medicine. Laser-eye stuff is now mainstream and doesn't need a check beyond google. Any other sites out there for those willing to dictate their own medical course? Does this mean Internet users will become test subjects more than the usual college students and elderly?"

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Re:Ah yes by kmartshopper · 2005-05-16 05:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Heh... Yeah, I was going to say, "Sounds like a case of the Mondays."
Re:Its your life by stanleypane · 2005-05-16 05:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Damn, I posted in this discussion and I can't moderate. Mod this guy up.
Re:sentence 1: wtf by mzweng · 2005-05-16 05:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Wouldn't it be the editors' place to gently correct this? They do read the blurbs before they post the stories, right?