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"study" drugs

Posted By: garyo
Date: Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 7:12 p.m.

In Response To: "study" drugs (Bob Koca)

this becomes an issue whenever the olympic organizing body is in charge. they assume that there are performancing enhancing drugs (they won't specifit, but leave the issue up to the sport to provide such a list). the stimulant drugs are the most likely suspects (amphetamines et al), but they have legitimate medical purposes. that someone is taking these medications is easy to prove (standard drug screen). that someone taking these medications has a prescription to take them, obviously easily provable.

the underlying issue is whether the prescription is given to a person that has a legitimeate medical need for the medication, AND that they have been prescribed by a practitioner acting in his field AND that there is a valid doctor/patient relationship.

further, double blind studies (very expensive) need to be undergone in order to prove the actual performance enhancement. these last problems far and away outweigh (IMHO) the risk that these drugs actually enhance performance of "normal" individuals. there is actually a risk that short term "burst" usage of these medications may actually degrade performance (within only a few days) due to lack of proper sleep.

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  Bob Koca -- Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 5:36 p.m.
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    Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 5:46 p.m.
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      Frank Berger -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 2:21 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 6:45 p.m.
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      misja -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 8:45 a.m.
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        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 9:14 a.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 4:34 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:40 p.m.
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    garyo -- Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 7:12 p.m.
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      Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 3:30 p.m.
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        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 3:57 p.m.
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        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 4:02 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:29 p.m.
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            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:32 p.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
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                Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:55 p.m.
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                  Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 7:19 p.m.
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                    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 7:26 p.m.
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                      Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 8:37 p.m.
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                        Jason Lee -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 10:51 p.m.
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                    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 7:50 p.m.
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                      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 8:24 p.m.
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                        Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 8:38 p.m.
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                        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 9:15 p.m.
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                        Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 9:31 p.m.
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                          Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 10:07 p.m.
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                            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 28 December 2010, at 7:50 a.m.
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                  garyo -- Wednesday, 29 December 2010, at 7:25 a.m.
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                garyo -- Wednesday, 29 December 2010, at 7:22 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:26 p.m.
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        garyo -- Wednesday, 29 December 2010, at 6:26 a.m.
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        DanielP -- Friday, 31 December 2010, at 12:03 p.m.
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    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 8:48 a.m.
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      Sam Pottle -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 1:50 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:22 p.m.
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        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 5:39 p.m.
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      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
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    Bill -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 2:44 p.m.
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      Keene -- Wednesday, 29 December 2010, at 8:07 p.m.
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    mamabear -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 4:31 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 4:42 p.m.
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    Seth -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 4:43 p.m.
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    Sebastiaan Kuijs -- Wednesday, 29 December 2010, at 9:21 a.m.