--- Bob Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't believe many people are going to believe that Ryun was a drug
cheat, nor JJK, who is a spokesperson for various asthma foundations.
Why not, because they're idols? You could throw Marion Jones into that
category, as well, but she seems to be
July 6, 2004
Felix, 18, Is Still Making the Adjustment From High School Star to
Professional
By LIZ ROBBINS
Pat Connolly took Allyson Felix, her quiet young sprinter, to the
well-trodden track at Santa Monica College last month to train with two
Olympic luminaries.
It was not the first time
Interesting the number of athletes who need inhalers. Do you suppose it
is out of proportion to the general population, and if so, why :-)
Christopher Goss wrote:
July 6, 2004
Felix, 18, Is Still Making the Adjustment From High School Star to
Professional
By LIZ ROBBINS
Felix filled out the
Interesting the number of athletes who need inhalers. Do you suppose it
is out of proportion to the general population, and if so, why :-)
Maybe we inhale too much dirty air.
But seriously, I don't think the medication would give you any advantage.
I've been asthmatic most of my life and had a
I suppose the answer depends on the type of asthma. I'd have to assume
that exercise induced asthma seems more prevalent in athletes because they
subject their respiratory systems to the conditions that trigger
it. However, a lot more people have asthma than in the fairly recent
past.
Doesn't give you an advantage? Think again.
Remember Dr Smulovitz, the Eugene endocrinologist who supplied many of
Eugene's runners steroids in the 70s and 80s? In the 90s I know of many
athletes who where being treated by him for asthma. A sudden breakout of
inhalers for a small cabal of
--- Bob Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But seriously, I don't think the medication would give you any
advantage.
It's been documented that there are some pretty serious advantages to
non-asthmatics taking asthma medications. I think it was 98% of Ironman
(?) triathletes were registered
I was being cynical. Don't you think that some athletes get physicians
to prescribe inhalers when they aren't necessary, so they can legally
take a stimulant?
Bob Duncan wrote:
Maybe we inhale too much dirty air.
But seriously, I don't think the medication would give you any advantage.
I've
I think it's more of the pill for every ill syndrome.
40 years ago were normal mentally healthy people taking Prozac? Ritalin? Did
kids have ADD when I was in school?
malmo
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malmo wrote:
Doesn't give you an advantage? Think again.
Remember Dr Smulovitz, the Eugene endocrinologist who supplied many of
Eugene's runners steroids in the 70s and 80s? In the 90s I know of many
athletes who where being treated by him for asthma. A sudden breakout of
inhalers for a
Between 1980 and 1994, the prevalence of asthma in the U.S. increased 75%
overall and 74% among children 5-14 years of age.
Probably a more accurate statement would be that the diagnosis of
asthma by doctors increased 75%.
That doesn't necessarily mean that there was a sudden epidemic, or
even
Those would be impressive examples if they were legit, but chances are
quite strong most, if not all, of them were bogus prescriptions for
performance enhancing reasons.
I don't believe many people are going to believe that Ryun was a drug cheat,
nor JJK, who is a spokesperson for various
I had my cynicism detector turned off when I read your reply, too. Perhaps
it's saturated with pre-Olympic publicity. I've been watching the Tour de
France (now there's a clean sport for you) for the past few days. One of
the commentators was mourning the DQ of David Millar on an EPO bust
--- Bob Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still don't believe that a truly asthmatic athlete on medication
will gain an advantage over a non-asthmatic athlete.
That's an entirely separate question, and unless it can be confirmed that
these questionable and numerous asthma diagnoses are legit,
malmo wrote:
I think it's more of the pill for every ill syndrome.
40 years ago were normal mentally healthy people taking Prozac? Ritalin?
Did
kids have ADD when I was in school?
Amen. There is a level of expectation that medication is the cure for
everything, with the drug companies reaping
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