Legal Doping?
somekindofwizard
Posts: 120
Hi,
Just a quick question that i was wondering about. Is it ever possible to have a condition and be prescribed a performance enhancing drug for said condition and then legally race?
Just because i re-read LA's book after a friend got testicular cancer, he is now on a prescribed testosterone supplement. This has only put his testosterone levels back up to 'normal' but obviously he would fail any doping test as he wouldn't he have a mismatched testosterone / synthetic testosterone level like Floyd had?
Could it be with LA's reduced ball count plus any chemotherapy have left him with a reduced testosterone count that he boosted legally to a normal (or slightly higher level?!)
Or would he simply not be able to take the supplement and be at a disadvantage when compared to normal guys?
If so, and of course presuming he did win fair and had reduced levels, it is even more of an achievement!
Just a quick question that i was wondering about. Is it ever possible to have a condition and be prescribed a performance enhancing drug for said condition and then legally race?
Just because i re-read LA's book after a friend got testicular cancer, he is now on a prescribed testosterone supplement. This has only put his testosterone levels back up to 'normal' but obviously he would fail any doping test as he wouldn't he have a mismatched testosterone / synthetic testosterone level like Floyd had?
Could it be with LA's reduced ball count plus any chemotherapy have left him with a reduced testosterone count that he boosted legally to a normal (or slightly higher level?!)
Or would he simply not be able to take the supplement and be at a disadvantage when compared to normal guys?
If so, and of course presuming he did win fair and had reduced levels, it is even more of an achievement!
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Therapeutic Exemption Certificate.
They're all the rage, as can be seen when various pros exceed the "permitted" limits for bronchodilators and such.
It's agreed that certain products that may have a performance-enhancing capability, shouldn't be completely banned, as that would mean that asthmatics for instance, could never be in competitive sports.Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.0 -
Chris Boardman fell foul of this rule .
He developed Osteopenia (spelling) which is thinning of his bones. Due to the intense training he underwent. The treatment.....Testoterone replacement. He applied foe a TUE and was turned down. He carried on for one more season and broke the "athletes hour record" in spite of his condition and promtly retired.
I'm not sure if LA received Test therapy during his racing days but he freely admits that he needed test and EPO when he was recovering. And you can hardly say that at the time it gave him a performance advantage as he could barely walk.
A very complicated area of discussion.0 -
... but he freely admits that he needed test and EPO when he was recovering ...
... and at the same time he got a good education in sports medicine and an introduction to the best doctors.0
