friday, april 24, 1981 page 8 daily nebraskan Lab is only 1 of 5 testing drugs on volunteers By Linnea Fredrickson Harris laboratories Inc., 624 Peach St., is one of five independent companies in the united Mates that runs tests on pharma- test new products to find out how fast they dissolve in the blood when manu factured in a different way. McClurg said an example is a company that makes a combination product to treat ceuticals using human volunteers. It is also colds. If they decide to make it a different a place where some university students go size, the new machine may exert a when they need money. different pressure on the chemicals to form Dr. James McClurg, vice president and a tablet that will affect the rate at which technical director at Harris Labs, said the the pill dissolves. Extensive tests are done company tests very common over-the to ensure the drug reaches the correct level counter products like aspirin, various in the blood so that it acts as it is supposed vitamins and cold remedies and common to. prescription drugs like antibiotics and anti- McClurg also said that just because a histamines that have been on the market a person takes a 250 mg tablet of one product long time. He said pharmaceutical companies work with the Federal Drug Administration to Red Cross pi is counting r-3 -i on you. U iLVii m r A Public Service of This Magazine & The Advertising Council and a 250 mg tablet of another similar pro duct doesn't mean he gets the same amount of the chemical in his blood. McClurg said although there isn't much difference in the absorption rates between the sexes, Harris Labs accepts mostly men for its experiments because it is requested by the FDA. McClurg said the FDA has two reasons for using males rather than fe males: the fluctuation of the water levels in females' bodies because of the menstrual cycle and possible long-term safety reper cussions if a woman should become preg nant during an experiment. Women do test products specifically formulated for women he said. McClurg said the first Almay introduces COLOR-PLUS. fr, : y ,:U r 1 fr&E3S:t I II... iwww.im.uinw. "r "iioliiilW 1rnfffi'n1n.'lii'r7lrn ' ' nr'VinmrirnVn i.'. , K w yt t,w' """ " Big lipcolor news! Almay s new Color Plus has a special extra moist hypo aller genic formula that soothes, pro tects and conditions. The more you wear this sheer, glossy lip color, the better your lips will look and feel. And Color-Plus is available in a whole wardrobe of fashion shades. Look for them in the unique see-through "Color Shield" case. Discover Color-Plus today, and see a beautiful difference in your lips. Now $1.00 Off! Your cost is just 1.35 at Offer good thru May 30. 1981 wagejj dru 17th & Washington Only! THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS m; o a a o a m A You Like It 1 $ 80 4 Us 11 $ if jt lH i! April 27 thru 1 at DPM Maxwell Arboretum tiot Office 321 No. 12th Si. 472-2873 Hours 1-3 WekcJy, UNLs East Campus All Seats $2.50 reason has basis but he thinks the latter reason is overkill. ....... McClurg said Harris Laboratones is very closely watched and regulated by the FDA through extensive reports and visits from Washington. He said each experiment takes three to eight months to plan so there will be no opportunities for prob lems. Paul Koerner, a graduate student in agronomy, said he took part in one of the experiments three years ago. He said he read about it in a newspaper and did it for the money, which was $650 to test an anti fungal product called griseofulvin. He said he first had to pass an extensive physical examination to make sure he was completely normal. After that he was accepted and his experiment was fully ex plained to him. Koerner said that he and 25 other males went in every morning and night to take a pill and then could leave immediately. Then he said he checked in on a Friday night after 10 days and stayed until Mon- day night. On Saturday, he said, he took a pill in the morning and then gave blood samples every hour all day. He said he was allowed to rest on Sunday and then the process was repeated on Monday. Then he left for two weeks and came back and repeated the whole 10-day and weekend stay all over again. He said he did the whole process three times over a period of 2Vi months. Koerner said the experiment was worth it because he could study the whole time he had to stay at the lab. He said there were beds and showers plus television and games. Koerner said he didn't think he would do it again but might if he really needed the money. Koerner recommended not tak ing part if a person is queasy about giving f blood because he estimated he gave 57 samples over the length of the experiment! "vial-fulls not just finger pricks." f Lancaster County census data show area is 172nd in country X I Preliminary 1980 census data indicate that the Lincoln Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area now ranks 172 in the coun try. The Lincoln SMSA consists of Lancaster County. Its preliminary 1980 population was 192,779. Dr. Donald E. Pursell, director of UNL's Bureau of Business Research said Lincoln's ranking changed very little during the 1970s. The SMSA was ranked 176th in the country and moved up four slots to 172 in 1980. The overall decade increase in population was 14.8 percent, the SMSA increasing from 167,972 in 1970 to 192, 779 in 1980. SMSAs are designated by the US. Department of Commerce and consist of counties linked by common economic interests. Employment and commuting links are features looked for when defining SMSAs. New York City remains the most populous SMSA but the fastest growing SMSAs in the country are primarily run in the south and southwest. The Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Fla., SMSA recorded a 94 percent population increase during the 190-80 decade and now ranks 14th. Nebraska Union 14th V R r t Bank Hours Vfl Z fTlon thru Fri V V1 y0 8:30 to 4 Z000 Sat 9 to Noon j L