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rhEPO is a legal product requiring a prescription however. Stop confusing
"legal" with "prohibited". One can be the latter without being the former. There are differences in ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and norpseudoephedrine. Ephedrine is still prohibited IIRC. Pseudoephedrine is off, but norpseudoephedrine apparently is not. I am guessing that since this was China, he might have gotten a knockoff product. Speculatiing there. "chris" wrote in message om... My thoughts as well. I think we all read last year that ephedrine and caffeine were removed from the drug list. So why is Phil being warned about a legal product? This makes no sense. As an FYI: Ephedrine is performance enhancing, but just barely for a cyclist. I f they're busting him for ephedrine its laim, but there seems to be more to the story. CH warren wrote in message ... In article , John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On 13 Oct 2004 18:00:33 -0700, (crit pro) wrote: from www.cyclingnews.com Oct 14, 2004 news: Zajicek warned after test positive The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has announced that Philip Zajicek tested positive for cathine (norpseudoephedrine) at the Tour of Qinghai Lake on July 22, 2004 in China. Zajicek, 25, received a public warning, in accordance with UCI rules for a first offence. In addition, he has been disqualified from his first-place finish overall finish at the Tour of Qinghai Lake and fined 666 Swiss Francs. Cathine is a metabolite of pseudoephedrine but its presence is prohibited above a concentration in urine of 5mcg/ml. Zajicek issued a statement about the warning, saying he had been taking Sudafed, which contains pseudoephedrine "in a normal adult dose to combat occasional allergies. It has been deemed safe for competition and does not hold any performance enhancing properties." Dang, even I would not take Sudafed if I knew there was the slightest chance of testing. And this guy is a pro? WTF? Actually, Sudafed is allowed as of January 1 2004. I even talked to someone at USADA in August to make sure. Also, it does have performance-enhancing properties for someone with allergies or some kinds of asthma. And it is a mild stimulant (that's why it's not suggested for nightime use). So there is more to the story. -WG |
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wrote: rhEPO is a legal product requiring a prescription however. Stop confusing "legal" with "prohibited". One can be the latter without being the former. There are differences in ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and norpseudoephedrine. Ephedrine is still prohibited IIRC. Pseudoephedrine is off, but norpseudoephedrine apparently is not. I am guessing that since this was China, he might have gotten a knockoff product. Speculatiing there. In the VeloNews article he claims that he made sure to take the brand name "Sudafed" and not a generic so as to avoid possible problems. -WG |
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