How do you make contact with any of the researchers doing clinical trials, in order to find out if you qualify? I had tried to look through the FDA website, to see which trials were open, but I didn't see any. But then I hear people talking about these ADR trials being open, and I don't know where you all get the information from.
Well, after tomorrow's second opinion consult, I can decide how I want to proceed from there.
- Contact Mark about consults with German doctors (although I guess he doesn't work just with the Germans).
- Look for doctors in the US doing ADR trials, and figure out how to contact them.
- Contact some other US doc's whether they are doing trials or not.
I don't know. I think I will have a better idea tomorrow. I have a lot of questions lined up for this neurosurgeon. Including getting his opinion on 2-level ADR, and who he thinks is best to do whatever surgery he feels is right for me.
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Cathy
46 years old. 12-15 years of intermittent pain, 2 years with constant pain.
DDD, L4-5 and L5-S1, pain confirmed by discogram.
PT, ESI's, Facet injection and block, Acupuncture - all no help.
2-level (Prodisc-L) ADR surgery with Dr. Bertagnoli, May 26, 2009.
Currently taking Opana-ER (tapering off) and oxycodone
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