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February 18, 1982 ,
Sick students wanted as test guinea pigs
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Health Center studying new flu drug
by Cyndy Davis
Battalion Staff
■ If you have the flu, the A.P.
Beutel Health Center wants you.
And will pay you for it.
I Students with the flu are
Ring paid to participate in a
Rudy involving ribavirin, a drug
; that doctors hope will be effec-
I live against all strains of influen
za virus.
■ Influenza viruses are found
iQ two types, “A” and “B.” With
in each type, numerous new
grains are discovered each year.
Rhen two different strains of
flu virus are found in an organ-
[ism, they can mix and produce
new strains.
Last year’s flu study indicated
at ribavirin was effective in
curing and helping patients with
most Type A flu viruses. Be
cause most cases coming in this
year are Type B, the study is
focusing on that type, said Dr.
John M. Quarles, professor of
iflicrobiology and immunology
at the Texas A&M College of
Medicine.
■ Ribavirin is in its last stages of
required human testing before
being licensed by the Food and
Drug Administration.
“We are looking for some
thing in a drug that works over a
broad spectrum of influenza
viruses,” Quarles said.
“We want something that
ignores the differences in the
strains and attacks all flu
viruses.”
The Texas A&M study, part
of a series of studies conducted
on influenza in the past six
years, is headed by Dr. Wayne
Knight, chairman of the micro
biology department at the
Baylor College of Medicine.
The only requirements for
the study are sickness and time.
When a student comes into
the health center with a cold, he
is referred to the Cold Clinic,
where a nurse examines him for
flu-like symptoms. If symptoms
are found, the patient sees a doc
tor, who explains the study to
him and asks if he would like to
participate. The student then
signs a consent form and checks
into the health center for at least
72 hours.
Ribavirin is inhaled by a pa
tient at two-to-four hour inter
vals for 12 hours a day. Inhaled
drugs reach the respiratory sys
tem quicker than drugs taken by
mouth, Dr. Roberts Atmar, a re
search fellow in the program,
said.
Inhaled drugs also are more
effective because the liver
absorbs 90 percent of medica
tion taken by mouth.
Some students in the study-
are given ribavarin, and others
are treated with the traditional
flu care methods of fluids and
rest. Subjects of the study are
not told whether or not they are
being given ribavirin.
After being released from the
hospital, students return to the
health center for a check-up,
and again in three weeks after
the test.
Students who participate in
the study are paid $72 for three
days in the hospital and $20 for
each follow-up visit.
The study started Jan. 19
when the first flu patient was
admitted and probably will last
until spring break, Quarles said.
As of Wednesday, 12 students
had taken part in the study, he
said.
The study is funded by
Council approves funding
—for Magna Carta exhibit
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by Jean Kiser
Battalion Reporter
■ The College Station City
Round! voted in a special work-
Rop session Wednesday to give
A/the Magna Carta Committee
"lOW,DO 0 to ^ ie *P P a y ^ ie $15,692
“^^'leeded to bring the document
to campus.
R Committee Chairman Wayne
$tark said he was pleased with
ithe council’s decision, although
(her-i ‘.only $2,000 of the $4,000 re-
et radio Rested was approved.
'ewithvj council’s contribution
Rme from the Hotel-Motel
Jund, which is derived from
lixes on hotel and motel rooms
in the city. The revenue is di-
-■ vided between the city and the
atollhesbjtateand is used by both entities
id to lb® promote tourism and artistic
hen rebrand cultural activities at the state
rs r and local levels,
oleersbl "I didn’t feel that it was a
mil worthwhile project for the
^ Sa * <d Councilman Tony
111 t0 [ Spues, the only member voting
I into tMRr a j nst funding. A lot of people
Rd contacted him before the
,1s are cliReeting and asked that the
can befcouncil not approve funding, he
vent thfpid-
liein. I The council unanimously de-
■ded to set up a nine-person
in could | com mittee to revise the Capital
se coactifniprovenient Program Budget
rolds up
iy to thei
— establishing a budget criteria
for the city’s capital improve
ments. The committee will be
comprised of three council
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