although the fda required a random group , it was sheilas primary responsibility to carefully screen each candidate.the precedence that the companys medical staff had outlined was very specific , and those who did not meet the criteria were immediately rejected.valipene had been prescribed primarily for seizures when it first hit the medical community twenty years before.from there , it had also been used for a wide range of anxiety disorders.the candidates with a history of seizures were immediately rejected for obvious reasons of liability.there had not been too many contacts from individuals suffering from anxiety ; however , a few brave souls had made contact with the company and were also rejected.the outcome of those individuals would have had a profound effect on the research results.in fact , any candidate with a history of any kind of psychiatric problem was immediately shown the door .