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Cool Novice 
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I herd on the news that 8 rowers from china were banned from the olympics for testing positive for E P O,anyone know what it is?.     | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 28 |
bump curious to know myself | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 258 |
Damn bro, I actually got on to ask that EXACT SAME QUESTION!! Hope somebody on here knows...BUMP!! ------------------  | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder 
Posts: 1129 |
EPO-erythroporetin. It's main effect is to increase aerobic efficiency. It is a natural hormone, but an overdose could kill you. It is used to treat anemia and is used on HIV infected patients. No use in bodybuilding. | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder 
Posts: 517 |
IT IS USED BY MANY ENDURANCE ATHLETES TO INCREASE MORE BLOOD CELLS. THE MORE BLOOD CELLS THE MORE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD. IT IS ALL ABOUT ENDURANCE. | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 502 |
It allows your body to produce more Red Blood cells and increase your ability to hold Oxygen in your blood which will increase your endurance.... Just how can they test for it?? The last I heard there wasn't a Testing method developed for it...and the Olympic committe I thought hasn't released a red blood cell limit or standard to measure by sounds interesting...if anyone has a place online to readup on this I would be interested...Being a X distance runner myself | ||
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Moderator 
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Strange because the IOC won't perform blood tests, they only do urine tests, and if you're doing that then EPO can be used up to two days before a comp and it will be undetectable. They must have done some blood tests or the people taking it are idiots. I heard they were caught with banned substances in their systems but i didn't know it was EPO. | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 11 |
Thanks for the info guys. | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 29 |
I wish everyone would stop saying that EPO has no use in bodybuilding. It does but it is more for competition rather then bulking. It can act on the place of a volume expander if done properly. PLEASE..... DO THE WORK.
VERY CAREFULLY. It has a place in BB if you know how to do it. Just like dextrose and a few others..... | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 29 |
BUMP. | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 892 |
OOOO NOOOOO, popular mechanics had an entire section devoted to the IOC and their "ARDNET NO DRUGS STANCE". EPO, is determinable thorugh blood and urnin, and detectable looong after 2 days. This is according to the magazine. So dont cut my balls off. ------------------ | ||
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Moderator
Posts: 3882 |
In urine tests you can easily beat them after two days of no epo useage. The blood tests however are a different story, the ioc only performs urine tests. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 94 |
Now the story with EPO. Yes, they are starting at this olympics to test for it and it will be a blood test. apparently the effects last up to 4 weeks and can be tested in blood during this time too. This nice English gentleman, a scientist, was trying to develop a test for HGH but the olympic comittee decided to concentrate on EPO and do a physical search for HGH, lol, and all the funds are now going towards the blood tests for EPO. This is mainly due to the wider usage of EPO and the time it would have taken to develop the HGH test before the olympics starts!! It is used for carrying more oxygen into the body to improve stamina. There is a detailed article on this and other drugs used by olympic athletes in the papers in UK but as usual the media gets most of the facts wrong and talk about Stonozolol being one of the most effective AS for strength and bulk!! ha..ha :-) Taz [This message has been edited by Taner (edited September 07, 2000).] | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 97 |
There is a urine test for EPO but as far as I know it is not yet approved by the IOC. As far as the comment on Stanazonol..I have to disagree..on a mg per mg basis it is one of the best for pure muscle and strength gains. Try 1000mg/wk of test compared to 1000mg/wk of Winny and I'm sure you will agree. | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 1288 |
From what I read in some running magazine, it can give you up to a 10% increase in athletic performance instantly, compared to AS, where you actually have to work to increase performance. Apparently it has been linked to several deaths in the running community. | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 29 |
I wonder the pharmceutical company Amgen may be helping with the testing. They have had a test that they use for renal patients to determine the level of the pt.'s hct and to determine the drop off rate at which this occurs. their is a little more detail to it but that is basically it. Doing something like this it is a bit more easier to determine if a person is using epo or something similar. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 235 |
I thought they were using gas chromatography tests as well. AY |
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posted September 06, 2000 05:56 PM
