A federal government investigation into anabolic steroid use in professional football appears imminent after court documents acknowledge that former NFL player Dana Stubblefield has provided “substantial cooperation” that includes the names of football players and trainers involved in “ongoing” anabolic steroid use and distribution. United States District Judge Susan Illston sentenced Stubblefield to two years […]
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Next Generation Performancing Enhancing Drugs for Bodybuilders
Wired Magazine identifies promising medical and pharmaceutical candidates that may represent the next generation of performance enhancement for Olympic athletes. As with any performance enhancing drug, bodybuilders are always the first guinea pigs to experiment with these drugs in the real world. After they receive the seal of approval from the bodybuilding community, the new […]
WADA Claims Roche Pharmaceuticals Adds Molecule to Drugs in Anti-Doping Effort
John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has revealed they are cooperating with Roche Pharmaceuticals to secretly add a “traceable molecule” to drugs likely to have performance enhancing effects in athletes. This was how AFLD was able to detect the previously-undetectable Mircera (CERA) in Riccardo Ricco’s sample at the 2008 Tour de France. Roche manufacures […]
Blood Booster EPO Only the Tip of the Iceberg in Cycling
Widespread doping continues in cycling despite recent proclamations by Olivier Rabin, the science director for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), that they are practically on the verge of eliminating doping from cycling. The testosterone doping test is flawed. The EPO test is flawed in more […]
Use of Biosimilar EPO Agents Widespread at 2008 Tour de France
A BBC investigation suggests that most athletes who use recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) continue to get away with it. The investigative article reveals several reasons why the EPO test is failing. But the BBC revealed that the biggest problem is not the ineffectiveness of the existing EPO tests used by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). It […]
Legality of Anti-Doping Test for Mircera at 2008 Tour de France
The French National Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has been utlizing a secret new anti-doping test for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2008 Tour de France. Rumors about a test for Mircera started circulating when cyclist Riccardo Ricco failed his doping protocol. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) quickly confirmed the rumors. WADA gave notice to cyclists […]
New French Laws Imprisons Individuals for Personal Use of Anabolic Steroids
The French government, in an effort to crack down on cyclists at the 2008 Tour de France who use performance-enhancing drugs, passed a new law last month that provides severe criminal penalties for the personal use and/or possession of doping products like anabolic steroids. Performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids, EPO and human growth hormone […]
Riccardo Ricco Tests Positive for Undetectable New Drug Mircera at 2008 Tour de France
Cyclist Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval-Scott team tested positive for the new performance enhancing drug Mircera (methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta) at the 2008 Tour de France. Ricco is a top cyclist on the Tour and the King of the Mountains and White Jersey leader. Mircera is a third generation version of erythropoietin manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Hoffman-LaRoche […]
Organization Provides Free Steroids for Cyclists in Tour de France
A professional cyclist was caught with a tattoo suggesting he received free anabolic steroids and erythropoietin (EPO) at the 2008 Tour de France. Damiano Cunego rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam Lampre. The tattoo on Cunego’s left arm stated “I’m Doping Free” with a large smiley face. Does this mean that the Italian-based organization “Doping […]
Lesser Known Pharmacological Ergogens
The use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances by athletes has been an issue in sports since the ancient Greeks. Not until the advent of modern health science in the twentieth century though has performance enhancement presented such serious legal, ethical, and medical dilemmas. A person needs only to tune in to the television coverage of […]