| There are a lot of things that you can do if you are | | | | about the Drug Trials Orange County, so I have |
| not feeling well, which in most of the cases means | | | | mentioned the typical phases of a clinical research to |
| that you have some kind of diseases. The best thing | | | | give you some ideas what is the whole trial. |
| that you can do is to go to your personal healthcare | | | | First of all the drugs will be given to a smaller |
| provider and see if he or she has some medications | | | | group of people, which is between 20 and 80. The |
| for you. However, sometimes you may not be able | | | | main purpose of that phase is to see how safe is the |
| to get the medications that you need, so that is | | | | product and what is the right dose of it. |
| when you should start thinking about taking part in | | | | The second phase involves giving the drug to a |
| some of the clinical research trials, where you will be | | | | larger group of people, usually between 100 and 300 |
| able to try some of the newest medications that are | | | | to see its effectiveness and for further evaluation of |
| available on the market and see if they are working | | | | the safety of the drug. |
| for you. | | | | The third phase of the medical researches |
| In each one of the cities all over the world there are | | | | requires giving the drug to large group of people - |
| clinics, where you will be able to take part in such | | | | between 1000 and 3000. This is done for |
| medical trials. Orange County, California is not an | | | | confirmation of its effectiveness and also to see |
| exception and there you will be able to use the | | | | what are the possible side effects of using the drug. |
| services of one of the largest research institutes in | | | | The last phase of the clinical trials includes giving |
| the whole US - The Apex Research institute. There | | | | the drug to larger populations and monitoring all the |
| are a lot of information that you will have to learn | | | | possible side effects of long term use. |