RE: Was: Any asthma sufferers in OBRA land? Just want some informat

mike.m-@obra.org

2004-03-02



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Was: Any asthma sufferers in OBRA land? Just want some information.Both

anabolic and corticosteroids are banned. Corticosteroids have been used

because of their anti-inflammatory effect. Some people have thought that

this may be of benefit in decreasing muscle fatigue or soreness, especially

for events like stage races. Whether this is true or not is not known.

Personally I doubt that there is any performance benefit associated with

corticosteroids especially for people that do not have any disease state

that this drugs would be indicated for. If you look at the list of banned

agents it will be pretty apparent that many of them would not provide any

real performance enhancement. Most drugs are on the list because they have

been misused, mostly in a mistaking assumption that they would improve

performance, and because they be dangerous for athletes to use. Examples

are:



Cannabinoids

Narcotics

Diuretics

Masking agents



Mike Murray

-----Original Message-----

From: Pat Sagers [mailto:pat_s-@orcom.com]

Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 19:48 PM

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Subject: [OBRA Chat] Was: Any asthma sufferers in OBRA land? Just want some

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On this topic of corticosteroids, I've had several shoulder surgeries and

they both have been injected a number of times. I don't remember any "lift"

in my performance. I think most of the injections may have been prednisone

with a long term numbing agent. Could a doctor comment on why this is

banned and does it actually improve performance in some way? I was under

the impression it was the anabolic type of steroids that were not allowed.



Pat



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anabolic and corticosteroids are banned.  Corticosteroids have been used

because of their anti-inflammatory effect.  Some people have thought that

this may be of benefit in decreasing muscle fatigue or soreness, especially for

events like stage races.  Whether this is true or not is not known. 

Personally I doubt that there is any performance benefit associated

with corticosteroids especially for people that do not have any disease

state that this drugs would be indicated for.  If you look at the list of

banned agents it will be pretty apparent that many of them would not provide any

real performance enhancement.  Most drugs are on the list because they have

been misused, mostly in a mistaking assumption that they would improve

performance, and because they be dangerous for athletes to use.  Examples

are:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=650555302-03032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff

size=2>Cannabinoids</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=650555302-03032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff

size=2>Narcotics</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=650555302-03032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff

size=2>Diuretics</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=650555302-03032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff

size=2>Masking agents</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike Murray </FONT></DIV>

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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Pat Sagers

[mailto:pat_s-@orcom.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 29, 2004 19:48

PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'ob-@topica.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OBRA Chat] Was: Any

asthma sufferers in OBRA land? Just want some

informatio<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>

<P><FONT size=2>On this topic of corticosteroids, I've had several shoulder

surgeries and they both have been injected a number of times.  I don't

remember any "lift" in my performance.  I think most of the injections may

have been prednisone with a long term numbing agent.  Could a doctor

comment on why this is banned and does it actually improve performance in some

way?  I was under the impression it was the anabolic type of steroids that

were not allowed.</FONT></P>

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