Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 This just makes me SOOOO Mad! If only she or her family had known the truth ahead of time! Sylvia http://story.news./news? tmpl=story & cid=2026 & ncid=2026 & e=1 & u=/latimests/20040402/ts_latimes/ago dsendtillalifeunravels A Godsend, Till a Life Unravels Fri Apr 2, 7:55 AM ET By Alan Zarembo and Benedict Carey Times Staff Writers INDIANAPOLIS — Traci Johnson believed it was God's plan for her to leave home to attend a tiny Bible college here — and she prayed every day for the Lord to provide for her tuition. Then an unusual opportunity presented itself. Eli Lilly & Co., the pharmaceutical giant headquartered a few miles from Indiana Bible College, was seeking healthy subjects for a live- in clinical drug trial. The 19-year-old freshman told her friends back home in Pennsylvania that the study was her best hope to stay in school. " Trace, that don't sound right, " her friend Colleen Jacoby told her. " I never heard of a human guinea pig. " But the students at the Bible college knew all about the trials. They made perfect subjects for studies requiring healthy people — and they were used often, receiving hundreds, even thousands of dollars for a few weeks work. If accepted into the study, she could make $150 a day for 49 days — more than a year's worth of her school expenses — for taking a drug known as duloxetine, an antidepressant that had already been given to thousands of people and was on the verge of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites). She had faith that God would find a way. " It was in his hands, " she wrote in her diary. Just before the new semester, a Lilly representative called. Her prayers were answered. A month later, she was dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 I was forwarded this message and looked up the story. As it turns out, Traci Johnson committed suicide, on Feb. 7th 2004. I feel that the conclusion of the story, " A month later, she was dead. " is terribly misleading. While her suicide has created a push for the inclusion suicide dangers involved in taking anti-depressants be supplied with the prescription, it would be foolish to discount ones predilection to that sort of action when suffering from depression in general. I do certainly not want to be accusatory but I believe that it is necessary to avoid misdirection, the weighting of fact with opinion or rhetoric, or the omitting information that will lend itself to the erroneousness extrapolation of 'facts'. herbal remedies , " Sylvia " <h10feet> wrote: > This just makes me SOOOO Mad! > > If only she or her family had known the truth ahead of time! > > Sylvia > > http://story.news./news? > tmpl=story & cid=2026 & ncid=2026 & e=1 & u=/latimests/20040402/ts_latimes/ago > dsendtillalifeunravels > > A Godsend, Till a Life Unravels > Fri Apr 2, 7:55 AM ET > > By Alan Zarembo and Benedict Carey Times Staff Writers > > INDIANAPOLIS — Traci Johnson believed it was God's plan for her to > leave home to attend a tiny Bible college here — and she prayed every > day for the Lord to provide for her tuition. > > Then an unusual opportunity presented itself. > > Eli Lilly & Co., the pharmaceutical giant headquartered a few miles > from Indiana Bible College, was seeking healthy subjects for a live- > in clinical drug trial. The 19-year-old freshman told her friends > back home in Pennsylvania that the study was her best hope to stay in > school. > > " Trace, that don't sound right, " her friend Colleen Jacoby told > her. " I never heard of a human guinea pig. " > > > But the students at the Bible college knew all about the trials. They > made perfect subjects for studies requiring healthy people — and they > were used often, receiving hundreds, even thousands of dollars for a > few weeks work. > > > If accepted into the study, she could make $150 a day for 49 days — > more than a year's worth of her school expenses — for taking a drug > known as duloxetine, an antidepressant that had already been given to > thousands of people and was on the verge of approval by the Food and > Drug Administration (news - web sites). > > > She had faith that God would find a way. " It was in his hands, " she > wrote in her diary. > > > Just before the new semester, a Lilly representative called. Her > prayers were answered. > > > A month later, she was dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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