Epo: The honeymoon is not over
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Matt S.Posted
Wed 22 Sep 2010 7:33am
of untreated renal anemia from examining the placebo arm of the recent TREAT RCT . Briefly, placebo-treated patients in TREAT received rescue therapy with Epo only if their Hgb levels fell to less than 9.0 g/dl; Epo was discontinued and patients returned to placebo as soon as their Hgb levels rose above this level. By this design, the placebo arm of TREAT
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Complications of EPO Use
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Matt S.Posted
Mon 28 Dec 2009 12:00am
complications of erythropoietin use
1. Increased thrombotic events. As the CHOIR study and others have now convincingly shown, elevated hemoglobin targets in CKD/ESRD patients... after receiving erythropoietin.
3. AV graft thrombosis: again, this correlates with the first point, that elevated Hgb concentrations can result in increased thrombotic events
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Surprise: blood doping with Epo can kill you a new study finds
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Roman M.Posted
Thu 21 Jan 2010 10:11am
in in The New England Journal of Medicine proves just how dangerous Epo can be when used..even when used properly under a doctor's care.
The study looked at the impact of the drug when used as approved and compared patients using the drug to a placebo group.
To their surprise researchers discovered that those patients using Epo (a red blood cell boosting
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Ricco Busted For EPO
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Tom H.Posted
Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:50pm
Super-Besse and Bagneres-de-Bigorre winner Italian Riccardo Ricco (C) (Saunier Duval/Spa) leaves his team bus, surrounded by French gendarmes, on July 17 2008 in Lavelanet, before the 168,5 km twelfth stage of the 2008 Tour de France cycling race run between Lavelanet and Narbonne. Ricco has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPORead on »
New EPO Like Drug
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Kristy W.Posted
Tue 26 Oct 2010 4:00am
growth hormone, EPO or designer steroids, all of which have proven more difficult to detect than traditional steroids.
EPO (short for erythropoietin) is a hormone that boosts... over the years, and I am not just talking about Olympic level runners, but National and even recreational level. Their drug of choice? EPO. Mild mannered little "Susie" probably
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Link Between CMV Status & EPO Requirements
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Matt S.Posted
Sat 05 Dec 2009 12:00am
" EPO injections to avoid the upper hemoglobin range where excess thromboembolic events occur; other patients struggle to achieve a Hgb greater than 10 despite massive doses of EPO and seemingly adequate iron stores. The variables are manifold, but one common assertion is that individuals with a high degree of chronic inflammation tend to be the ones
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Breaking News: The IOC will retest athletes for EPO
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Roman M.Posted
Tue 09 Dec 2008 9:03pm
We should know next year if athletes competing in events like cycling, rowing, swimming and athletics used a new form of EPO as well as insulin to gain an unfair advantage...:
The first substance is EPO CERA, a new version of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO. Use of the substance was discovered during this year's Tour de France, and the World Anti-Doping
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Danish triathlete admits to doping with EPO and is banned from all competition
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Roman M.Posted
Thu 08 Apr 2010 6:13am
30-year-old Danish triathlete Bjarne Møller, who has seven national titles to his named, has admitted to using EPO (a banned blood doping drug) in preparation... triathlete Bjarne Møller has admitted
the use of EPO during a training camp in South Africa during 18th to
26th of March, he is instantly deleted from the start list of
Challenge
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Is EPO making a comeback in cycling: experts fear microdosing?
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Roman M.Posted
Tue 25 May 2010 2:56pm
the the biological passport and the detection of EPO (the preferred and illegal red blood cell boosting drug) in an athlete's blood steam.
Furthermore, few in the sport believe... in athletes’ blood, not the
total amount of red cells in their bodies.
Microdosing, however, appears to increase users’ blood volumes
significantly. So although EPO raises users
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