[simianparrot]

There's many other "worst case" scenarios than that. One is you'll end up worse but still not officially disabled. I've been there. But I do understand wanting to take the risk. I've had IBD all my life in addition to intermittent debilitating migraines and very bad allergies, and I've been part of various trials and (completely above board) experiments with new drugs and treatments, yet in every single case it ended up causing other side-effects or problems that just added to my list of issues. Eventually I've reached the conclusion that there rarely is any "miracle cure", because the body is a complex system -- and we can't track all the individual interactions well enough yet. I've instead managed to improve my situation a lot by changing habits and diets and behaviours. I insist on working from home because that's the only way I can manage it, and I also take long walks to make my bovel "active". To name the simplest of things. Which might sound trivial but it really hasn't been.

[Rhapso]

No, then a company running tests is liable for damages. Being a test subject isn't a free lunch, but would definitely change my situation no matter how it played out.

I've found "working from home to mitigate issues" to just be too socially isolating to stay productive. Needless to say a career change is something i am exploring, but the effective addiction to health insurance to enable access to Biologic Medications makes that, complicated.