Recent content by Clyde Puffer

Good point Sam, I don't think that a transfusion of whole blood would be used. As a general rule, whole blood would not be used for fear of overloading the circulatory system, increasing the risk of a cardiovascular event such as heart attack or stroke. If concentrated red cells were used, then...

Re: Q .Does anyone know at what levels cardiac arrest become a possibility?" A. The LD50 for oral salbutamol is 660mg/kg body weight This is the amount of Sal. that would kill 50 percent of a population of rats which have a similar physiology to humans If you scale this up for a 70kg human you...

Re: Re: I thought his teeth looked more Irish

You forgot to mention the use of laxatives, I think Tom Dumoulin recommended them to CF after the Giro last year

Re: Re: "So any guess on how many blood bags do these guys have frozen or at their disposal to use upon any GT ?" Here is my guess ZERO ! Actually it is not a guess, it is fact, for the following reason. If you freeze whole blood or concentrated red cells, the cells expand then lyse (burst)...

Re: I have just voted for Froomey, great year for him and his loyal domestiques. The guy is innocent of the doping allegations until it is proven in an appropriate forum or court.

"So he "inhaled" TWICE the limit threshold of Salbutamol - TWICE as much " Did he inhale twice as much????? His urinary Salbutamol level was twice the permitted level, but this does NOT mean he inhaled twice as much. a urinary concentration of 2000ng/mL is meaningless if you do not consider...