Other people described less extreme, but more probable situations. For instance, a woman recounted an actual experience that she had while participating in a research study. She indicated that this experience had led to her subsequent fear of certain types of research. “You know, being afraid to do it ‘cause of things that happened to other people participating in … I actually did take a drug. It didn’t even have a name; it had a number. I had to take six pills like three times a day. And I’ve never been more scared. I wanted to do it, and I wasn’t even getting paid for doing this. I’m helping with research; I might be the breakthrough. After I took my first couple of pills, I started getting all paranoid and I didn’t take any more of them.”
