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in powder form? Do you have any tips on how to get a 18 month old child to take it?! Thanks :o)

Besides the obvious of deliberately infecting humans with the cold virus, which ethically is wrong, what other ethical issues can you find with this experiment? Here's a copy of the newspaper article regarding the study. It's longer, but it's very interesting to see that someone would actually try this! More than two years ago, University of Wisconsin-Madison doctor James Gern approached the pharmaceutical giant Merck with a proposal for an unusual human experiment. The university would find people in the Madison area with asthma, deliberately infect them with cold viruses and give them the Merck asthma drug montelukast to see if it lessened their symptoms. From 2003 through 2007, Gern, a professor of pediatrics and an allergy and asthma specialist, has been a regular speaker and consultant for Merck, putting in 28 days of work and making between $35,000 and $70,000. Gern said he did not personally tell volunteers in the trial about his consulting. In a 10-page consent form provided to volunteers in the ongoing trial, it says a member of the study research team personally receives money from the company that makes the study medicine, though it does not mention Gern by name, and it does not detail the extent of his work for Merck. Others say that is not enough, noting that simply disclosing a conflict of interest does not eliminate it. Doctors who have consulting deals with drug companies should not be allowed to conduct trials of drugs made by those companies, said Arnold Relman, professor emeritus of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. Those patients are giving up their bodies as experimental guinea pigs, Relman said. Gern defended the practice of consulting with outside firms. I think that the collaboration between physician scientists and pharmaceutical companies is beneficial, leads to improved medical research from both perspectives, is in the public interest and should therefore be encouraged, he said. Because of the possibility of conflict of interest, these relationships need to be carefully regulated. The Food and Drug Administration now is investigating a possible link between montelukast, the drug Gern is using in his study, and suicidal behavior. The review came after Merck said it noticed events including depression, anxiousness, tremors, suicidal thinking and suicide. Gern said that in his study, volunteers are required to take montelukast for only a few weeks. He said the drug has been widely used for asthma, but sometimes rare side effects can occur. He said he will follow the FDA review and abide by any guidance from the agency.

I'm worried something is going to happen. I don't think I did, I'm not usually forgetful... but just in case.

I was on montelukast singular tablets for 2 weeks but I reacted to them. The doctor told me to stop taking them and see how I feel. I booked another appointment with him but now we are snowed in. He says to start taking them again because its more important I can breath then feeling all dizzy. I have to wait another 3 days to see him. Will the tablets make my asthma better immedeatly or will it take a few days?

i am 16 yrs old and diagnosed with chest infection It started with a cold and then sneezing and cough , fever .Now it feels like the lungs are full of sputum. The doctor gave me antibiotic - Levofloxacin 500mg for 5 days,medrol 16, sal mucolite syrup , allegra and crocin. As a preventive he advised to start Montek Plus and Fluticasone Propionate Aqueous Nasal Spray for 2 months. Today is the third day but it still the same condition. is the medication enough?? is Montek Plus a steroid?

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