Help to develop new research
If you regularly take prescribed medicines such as antidepressants, indigestion remedies, pain relief tablets or antibiotics, you could have a say in new research.
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It's estimated that nearly 99% of people have genetic changes which could influence their response to a medicine.
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Many medicines need to be activated by specific chemicals in the body before they work. For example, around 10% of people don’t respond well to codeine because their bodies don’t activate the chemical that converts it into morphine to relieve pain
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We're looking for people from a range of backgrounds with experience of taking prescribed medicines regularly and who want to share their views and opinions on the research. You'll be part of a friendly group and paid for your time (£25 per hour).
Get involved
There is growing understanding that many regularly prescribed medications can be influenced by relatively common genetic changes.
Researchers in Manchester want to explore whether information about people’s genetic information could be used by doctors when they’re deciding what medication to prescribe. It’s important that patients have a say in the development of this research and can ask questions, raise any concerns and suggest ideas to improve the project.
Your role would involve taking part in friendly and informal discussion groups with the researchers and sharing your views to help make sure that the research is designed in a way that works for patients.
You don’t need any previous experience of being involved in health research to take part, just be happy to share your views and experiences, training and support will be provided.
Please note that our activities are currently taking place as a mixture of in person and online. We’re committed to making our opportunities as inclusive and accessible as possible. We want to support you to be involved so if there is anything that we can do to enable you to take part please let us know.
If you’re interested in taking part, please register via the ‘Get involved’ button below, and we’ll get in touch with you to have a chat about the project.