General Doping Thread.

[troll hunter]

Another 'Healing Hans' miracle - https://torontosun.com/sports/hocke...clusive-details-matthews-medical-trip-germany

"Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews travelled to Germany recently, apparently to visit a superstar sports medicine physician, two former National Hockey League players have confirmed to The Toronto Sun.

Matthews has been out of the Maple Leafs lineup since Nov. 3. with a mystery injury that neither he nor the team have declared. He is expected to return to the ice shortly, possibly as soon as Saturday night in Tampa against the Tampa Bay Lightning."

 

[Sciatic]

would that mean d stands for dumbo?

😆 🤩!

 

[Sciatic]

The only logical thing I can think of is they mixed up the EPO's - otherwise d is for dummies!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darbepoetin_alfa

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5405152/

FYI, that “Black Box Warning” is meant for only the cohort of patients for whom the drug was approved—kidney disease/renal failure patients. When it’s prescribed for other types of anemia that is an “off-label” use, with doping the ultimate off-label use.

 

[peterfin]

This looks interesting. In the comments the researcher says he will follow up with specifics regarding cycling V02max impact for which he has the data.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866603279360139663

View: https://x.com/oufeh/status/1866603279360139663

 

[Rob5091]

This looks interesting. In the comments the researcher says he will follow up with specifics regarding cycling V02max impact for which he has the data.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866603279360139663

View: https://x.com/oufeh/status/1866603279360139663

Sounds like something for "that extra boost" -
https://www.biospace.com/press-rele...ive-crises-in-people-with-sickle-cell-disease

About etavopivat
Etavopivat is an investigational, oral, small-molecule activator of erythrocyte pyruvate kinase (PKR) in development for the treatment of sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies.11 Etavopivat-mediated activation of PKR lowers levels of 2,3- diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and raises adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in red blood cells, which has the potential to increase oxygen affinity, reduce hemolysis, and decrease VOCs.11-13

 

[Sciatic]

Sounds like something for "that extra boost" -
https://www.biospace.com/press-rele...ive-crises-in-people-with-sickle-cell-disease

Just because a blood boosting drug exists doesn’t mean it will make an effective doping mechanism. There are other erythropoiesis-modifying drugs but they may be even more detectable, have more side-effects, and cost more than EPO.
And this product pales compared the potential from marine lugworm blood

 

[Rob5091]

And this product pales compared the potential from marine lugworm blood

WADA were in touch with the lugworm blood people but even though

a "well-known cyclist whose team participates in the Tour de France, contacted me because he wanted the product".

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/are-fishing-worms-the-new-way-of-doping-at-the-tour-de-france

So I suppose next year will be the first doping bust for the lugworm blood doping.

 

[pastronef]

the general "doping" chat with friends here in Italy went up a notch after the new law you can get a mouth swab for drugs while driving your car for no reason, just a simple patrol check (while before you had to behave "stoned")
ffs

 

[Sciatic]

the general "doping" chat with friends here in Italy went up a notch after the new law you can get a mouth swab for drugs while driving your car for no reason, just a simple patrol check (while before you had to behave "stoned")
ffs

Racial profiling says hi.

 

[Netserk]

Racial profiling says hi.

Maybe even sex profiling and age profiling too!

 

[Rob5091]

the general "doping" chat with friends here in Italy went up a notch after the new law you can get a mouth swab for drugs while driving your car for no reason, just a simple patrol check (while before you had to behave "stoned")
ffs

Will they also be able to DNA test the sample as that opens up another legal can of worms?

 

[pastronef]

Will they also be able to DNA test the sample as that opens up another legal can of worms?

they won't

 

[Rob5091]

The Marion Sicot bust gives us two people to wonder about their identities -
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/10...rion-sicot-six-years-after-positive-epo-test/

A friend of Sicot's similarly received a 10-month suspended sentence at the trial for importing, administering and possessing doping products. A former semi-pro cyclist, he was also fined €10,000.

The third person convicted in the court south of Paris was a 51-year-old doctor suspected of writing prescriptions illegally. He was fined a significantly larger €20,000, alongside receiving a 10-month suspended sentence and a six-month ban from practising medicine.

 

[Unchained]

The Marion Sicot bust gives us two people to wonder about their identities -
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/10...rion-sicot-six-years-after-positive-epo-test/

What a truly truly sad story. And for me there is such heartbreak for how much was at stake for the amount of risk that people took!! And I always enjoy when writers\ reporters use semi- pro cyclist in the description!! And if you want to send a message, suspension of the prescribing doctor for 6 months says we don't really care.