Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post

NB: Just as an example, for the drug trials, a person with MS has to be able to walk the length of a football field. And the first stage of the trial is done on healthy people to establish a safe dosage.
IMO - sounds pretty darned ridiculous - both counts.

If you can walk the length of a football field, then you can't be that bad - very early stages I would think, or a much less severe form.

And healthy people being used to establish safe levels???? How can levels of safety be measured if the person being tested, doesn't even have MS??? A person with MS, and one without, will respond differently I would think. Of course, I'm no doctor or researcher, so what do I know???