Pharmaceutical Companies in the United States have approached a new way to get people new medicine for tummy problems when flying to Mexico. It is a common fact that when people travel to this country its likely to get an upset stomache.
Pharmaceutical companies are offering free holidays to 900 volunteers, to eat drink and see if they become ill whilst in Mexico or Guatemala. The holidays on offer are worth $1,000 and are inclusive including 3 star hotels. The travelers can roam where ever they please, just aslong as they are not more than 3 hours away from the test centre, which is where they must provide blood and stool samples if they become sick.
Previously to them flying out to the countries, which can cause stomache upset due to water problems and different things to what people are normally used to in other countries, they have to wear a patch for 6 hours, 3 weeks before. They also have to wear another patch 1 week before they fly out, after this all they have to do is fly out and see what happens.
Results have shown so far that the drug has actually reduced the incident of an upset stomache by 75%, it is only in America at present but will be brought over to UK in the near future.
