Anyone else have a problem with this -

[The Shadow]

Report: Several Giants used banned stimulant

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Associated Press


NEW YORK -- Trainer Ronnie Barnes estimates that 20 New York Giants players used supplements containing ephedra after the stimulant was banned by the NFL last September.

Barnes told the New York Daily News that he believes 75 percent of the players on the Giants' active roster -- 40 of 53 team members -- used the substance before it was ruled illegal by the league.

The longtime trainer of the Giants said that half of those 40 players continued using ephedra after the ban because league-wide testing wasn't done.

Last week, the NFL announced it will start year-round random testing for ephedra starting July 1. It is the first U.S. pro sports league to ban ephedrine, a substance that also often is found in strength-building food supplements and can cause seizures, strokes or even death.

"Athletes are always looking for something that will give them an edge," Barnes told the Daily News in Tuesday's editions. "Will there be a new search for a new panacea? There certainly will be."

Some Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs contain ephedrine or chemically related compounds.

Ephedrine's herbal form, ephedra, is an ingredient in about 200 supplements used for weight loss, building muscle or boosting energy.





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[WODIN]

I don't since I'm not in the NFL. LOL!!!! If I were I still wouldn't. Look for a lot of yawning on sidelines this season!!! he he...

 

[The Shadow]

My problem stems form the fact that it is an OTC compound and I don't think any spoerts governing body should be allowed to "illegalize" something like mahuang

 

[JohnnyO]

Hmm... I'm sure there is some NFL players that suffer from asthma. What are they going to do? Isn't ephedrine in Primetine?

Asthma is a great name for girl, right up there with Clorine.

 

[Peyote Killa]

I don't really have a problem with it. I really don't use supps like that. Only your basic powders, and multis and anit ox.
Did you guys happen to see the show on MTV about the kids trying out for the WWF. The one kid just broke down cuz he was on ephedrine, or so they said, I just thought that was kinda cool, cuz I really don't condone the use of that unless the situation is pending.
Just my thoughts though, I'm not trying to say anything impiticular

 

[The Shadow]

I call bullshity on a lot of these supposed problems from "breaking" down form use of ripped fuel etc. - seems the only problems stem form overuse/abuse of the compound.

 

[WODIN]

I agree with you on the breakdown issue. I think the NFL is right in banning it because most people exercise a more is better attitude and no one wants to see players keeling over from dehydration and going into Amph. Shock.

I think that's the big issue for the NFL.

 

[Peyote Killa]

That is true Corn, it is always an abuse of the product. that is why most "drugs" if you will are "illegal" because of tha fact that if they are taken in extreme doses they become dangerous. I'm not saying that I agree with this type of "logic" but that is why these types of rules are made.
I also don't understand why the drugs Zars are cops, I mean why are they not recovered drug addickts? Just because a cop is a drug zar does not constitute him to know what it's like to be addicted to drugs. I mean drug offenders don't need to go to Prison they are not criminals, they are sick, there is a difference.

I'm not trying to change the subject, but the use of ephedra is being banned because there are some sick people who will abuse it, and just like everything else, it's always a select few who ruin a good thing for the masses. Unfortunatly there is nothing that we can do about either. Just petition and petition.

 

[The Shadow]

I think some of those athletes may have had undetected defects that contributed as well.

...that is very possible


.....READ the Label people.

Caffeine - diuretic
Mahuang - diuretic
Asprin - Blood thinner



.......adds to to an incomfortable position under the right/wrong circumstances

 

[The Shadow]

I like to take 7 Dymentadrine Extreme, run 6 miles, then go into the sauna and eat a bag of pretzels.

...and you are still the dough boy


you metabolism is similiar to a _______________________



fill in the blank

 

[Peyote Killa]

...and you are still the dough boy


you metabolism is similiar to a _fat white guy______________________



fill in the blank

 

[The Shadow]

LOL - I was thinking Book End

 

[Peyote Killa]

book end does DOT no justice, actually the guy is more like the box of Arm N Hammer Baking Soda that just sits in everybodies refrigerator till you move out of the house.

 

[The Shadow]

Do IT on non-leg days for cardio

 

[The Shadow]

Hmmmmm


Ripped Fuel vs. Crack Rock.....