eric aldinger
Thanks for your polite reply Brady.
How is it not striving to give your best when you take medical risks to
enhance performance using organic techniques like blood transfusions or EPO.
Sanctioning bodies already allow the use of anti-inflammatory agents to
allow athletes to continue perform when injured or over training. Prolonged
use of NSAIDs promotes GI damage.(1) The sanctioning bodies allow the use of
branch chain amino acid supplements, like tyrosine, to increase endurance
during training, even though excessive protein consumption can theoretically
lead to calcium loss, inadequate carbohydrate intake, and (theoretically)
kidney damage.(2) Tyler was busted once for homologous blood transfusions.
This transfusion is banned because it carries a risk of infection and
immuno-suppression.(3) Thise are not are not huge hair raising risks for a
healthy athlete, when compared with the risk of injury inherant in bicycle
racing. These are more a concern for a dialiosis patient. A blood
transfusion is not cheating. It is a medically sound way to improve recovery
times. Autologous blood transfusions are banned and they carry none of the
significant risks of homologous blood transfusions.(4) That just seems like
a knee jerk reaction to a new training method.
I am not trying to pick a fight. I just don't understand why the cycling
community is so opposed to allowing new medical procedures to be used to
enhance performance in the professional ranks. Right now, all these rules do
is force athletes to have their EPO administered by untrained handlers who
are not bound by the same professional ethical standards as a doctor. (5)
This is what leads to dosage above the proscribed amounts for these drugs,
and ultimately leads to stoke or death. Make it legal and athletes have a
better chance of using the tools they are already using in a more
constrained manner.
I like the idea of the unmodified and modified segregation in racing. But I
don't see how you get around someone who is not fast enough sans dangerous
medical procedures doping, transfusing, or sleeping in an oxygen tent in the
unmodified category.
Citations
1) http://www.lef.org/protocols/appendix/otc_toxicity_01.htm
2) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414351
if you do not have a Medscape account refer to
http://www1.rism.ac.th/2005/ProjectEvents/BTN/Handouts/Morning/LookGood_Pyong/ProteinRatio.pdffor
the same content
3) http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/4/1092
4) http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/autologous-blood-donation
5) http://www.velonews.com/article/13360
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Brady Brady wrote:
> If consenting adults want to use dangerous medical procedures to
> abnormally improve their abilities why is that an issue?
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> It is an issue becausewhether they like it or notthere are kids who
> idolize these consenting adults.
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> It is an issue because for every uber-doper, there is someone in the
> peloton who has been suffering for years as a domestique, paying their dues
> and playing it straight, just to have their one career SHOT at cracking a
> top-20 finish.
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> It is an issue because it attempts to discredit the notion that giving
> ones best is its own reward, and that usually, no matter how hard one
> tries, there is someone better
and one has to deal with that.
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> On another note, It doesnt look like Tylers current problem had anything
> to do with all of this. Hopefully he will be able to get the help he needs.
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> *From:* obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] *On
> Behalf Of *ewascent@gmail.com
> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 11:40 AM
> *To:* Justin Serna; Chris Streight; obra@list.obra.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OBRA Chat] Tyler Hamilton
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> If consenting adults want to use dangerous medical procedures to abnormally
> improve their abilities why is that an issue? A small but highly visible
> minority of top riders have been busted for trying to use banned medical
> procedures to outperform their natural bodies. So what? Random testing and
> applying sanctions seems like a waste of talent and money to me. I always
> assume every top pro is doing something just this side of "illegal" in their
> training and recovery. To me that is as tedious as prohibiting how powerful
> a stock car engine can be, to prevent drivers from out performing their
> skills.
>
> On Apr 17, 2009 11:27am, Justin Serna wrote:
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> >
> > This story is sad in so many ways!!! When I initially viewed this story
> I was disappointed and angered that yet another elite athlete had succumbed
> to the so called pressure to win and so made the excuse to use performance
> enhancing DRUGS. After reading the entire post, my anger subsided and my
> disappointment and sadness for Mr. Hamilton's decisions both past and
> present made me realize the he is just a human being. I do not condone Mr.
> Hamilton's actions, however it is clear the Tyler has much more difficult
> issues to deal with than being a professional cyclist. I hope he will get
> the assistance he needs and be able to move on to a more positive place.
> >
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> > Hopefully this issue will not further the tarnished view of professional
> cycling and most will realize that this is an isolated incident carried out
> by man the has been diagnosed with severe depression.
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> >
> > Just my 2 cents..............
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> >
> > Justin J. Serna
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> > From: Chris Streight streighty@gmail.com>
> > To: obra@list.obra.org
> > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 8:07:55 AM
> > Subject: [OBRA Chat] Tyler Hamilton
> >
> > Sad ending to Tyler Hamilton's career
> >
> > http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr17news3
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