in the Ashenden EPO microdose paper
1: Ashenden M, Gough CE, Garnham A, Gore CJ, Sharpe K. Current markers of the
Athlete Blood Passport do not flag microdose EPO doping. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2011
Sep;111(9):2307-14. Epub 2011 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 21336951.
they came up with a regimen uv epo microdosing
that was not flagged on the biopassport software
yet still able to dramatically increase Hgb mass
ashenden was able to raise Hgb mass by 114 gm
10 %
the equivalent uv transfusing a full liter uv blood
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n
all we got was
a bump uv
yawn
.9 gm/dL
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What about retics?
aside from an inconsequential temporary bump
it [retics] hardly budges from baseline
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in fact
the only tell in the whole process
may be just that
an overly stable retic
because...
as hgb mass starts to rise
natural epo is suppressed
and
natural epo fluctuation
contributes less and less to bone marrow stimulation
leaving the more constant
injected dose to stimulate the bone marrow
more consistently stimulated bone marrow
resulting in
a more stable retic
http://captaintbag.tumblr.com/post/33920095332/a-gt-epo-microdose-profile-simulated-from-ashenden