Re: Doping Drugs (Stimulants) and Drugs Cheats in Sportsmen Attn Dr Rahman

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Dear Dr Rahman, Its really nice that you have elaborated so well about the banned drugs and the players who were stripped off their medals because of these performance enhancers. Would you also like to enlighten our members about the problems that one can experience after taking these drugs for non-therapeutic indications? Certainly improving performance in sports is not a medical indication of any drug. Waiting for more of your inputs -AnupamaIbn Sina Academy <ibnsinaacademy@...> wrote: CANNABINOIDS Hashish, Marijuana:Those who failed – Numerous cricketers Ian Botham and Herschelle Gibbsare two of many to receive sanctions for smoking marijuana. In theNBA, Players charged with marijuana possession

in recent yearsincluded Philadelphia's Iverson, Sacramento's Webber andHall of Famer Kareem Abdul Jabar.ANABOLIC AGENTSClenbuterol, clostebol, danazol, drostanalone, gestrinone,mestanolone, mesterolone, methandienone, metenolone, methandriol,Methyltesterone, Nandrolone, Stanozolol, Stenbolone, Testosterone,Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), Zeranol.Those who failed –Canada's Ben , probably the most infamous of all cheats, wasstripped of his 100m gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, after testingpositive for stanozolol.Britain's Linford Christie, the 1992 Olympic 100, champion, testedpositive in 1999 for nandrolone at an indoor meeting in Germany. The39 year old had already retired from full time competition.Russia's Anastasia Kapachinskaya, who stepped up from silver to goldafter Kelli White's drug test failure at the 2003 world championshipsin Paris, also tested positive for

stanozolol at the world indoorchampionships at Budapest in March 2004.British sprinter Dwain Chambers, US shot putter Toth andAmerican 1500m champion Regina s all tested positive for the newdesigner steroid THG and have been banned.Chinese swimmers Ying Shan, a member of the world record setting4x100m freestyle team from 1997, and her compatriot Jiawei Zhou, bothtested positive for clenbuterol at the 2002 world championships inPerth.In 1999, another Chinese swimmer Xiong Guoming tested positive forclenbuterol, having already served an earlier two year ban.2000 Olympic shot put champion Yanina Korolchik of Belarus banned fortwo years after testing for clenbuterol.PEPTIDE HORMONESErythropoietin (EPO), Growth hormone (hGH) and Insulin-like GrowthFactor (IGF-1), Insulin, and Corticotrophins.Those who failed –British cyclist Millar will be stripped of his world time

trialtitle after admitting he had taken he banned performance enhancer EPO."I'd dreamed of becoming world champion and I'd achieved it but Icheated," he said.Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, who was third in the 2002 Tour deFrance, tested positive for EPO in the 2003 Tour of Italy and wasbanned for a year.The 1998 Tour de France was brought to its knees when the Festinateams were kicked out of the event after 40 bottles of dopingproducts, mainly EPO, were found in a team car.Those under suspicion:World 100m record holder Tim Montgomery faces being banned for lifeafter allegedly admitting to a federal grand jury he used human growthhormone (HGH) as the fall out from the BALCO affair in America goeson.BETA 2 AGONISTS:Formoterol, Salbutamol, Salmeterol, Terbutaline (all permitted only inasthma treatment).Those who failed: World 100m champion Kimcollins tested positive

forSalbutamol after winning the commonwealth Games title in Manchester in2002 but was allowed to keep his gold medal after claiming he hadtaken the drug to treat asthma.Irish rugby player ie Sheahan was banned for two years (laterreduced to three months) after testing positive for Salbutamol in aEuropean cup match in 2003. Sheahan claimed that he was takingtreatment for asthma.MASKING AGENTSDiuretics, Epitesterone, ProbenecidThose who failed – Australian cricketer Shane Warne was banned for ayear after testing positive for the diuretics of hydrochlorothiazideand amiloride on the eve of the 2003 World cup. Warne insisted he hadtaken treatment to aid weight loss after injury.In 1998 at the world championships in Perth four Chinese swimmers –Wang Luna, Cai Huijue and Zhangyi, and male swimmer Wang Wei testedpositive for the diuretic triamterene.PROHIBITED METHODSEnhancement of

Oxygen Transfer blood doping under suspicion?Cycling has been rocked in 2004 by allegations that a culture of blooddoping exists in some areas where riders "buy" blood from cyclists oftheir own blood type then inject it.Note: Alcohol and beta blockers are banned in certain sports, incompetition only.Syed Ziaur RahmanAligarhOn Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Ibn Sina Academywrote:> NARCOTICS: Buprenorphine, Dextromoramide, Diamorphine (Heroin),> Hydromorphone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone, Oxymorphone,> Pentazocine, Pethidine.>> Belgian cyclist Christophe Brandt was excluded from the 2004 Tour de> France after testing positive for methadone after the second stage at> Namur in Belgium.>> Czech footballer Vaclav Drobny has tested positive for morphine> following a French league game in 2003 but later cleared.>> In

2002, 20 British racehorses tested positive for morphine with> contaminated feed blamed for the failed dope tests. The group included> 'Be My Royal', the winner of that year's Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at> Newbury.>> S. Ziaur Rahman>>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:06 PM, anupama sukhlecha> wrote:> >> >> >> >> > Dear Dr Rahman,> > Thanks for the details you have shared with Netrumians. Please do mail about> > narcotics. We would surely like to know more.> > In cases like that of trearment of flue by doctor and athelete stripped of> > his/her medal, we need to intervene.If a doctor gives a certificate that the> > medical condition is serious and there is no option but to give the banned> > drug since there are no substitutes available for that ailment, the medals> > should

not be stripped.> >> > -Anupama> >> >> > Ibn Sina Academy wrote:> >> > Prohibited list of Stimulant: Amphetamine, Amphetaminil,> > Benzphetamine, Bromanton, Cathine, Cocaine, Dimethylamphetamine,> > Ephedrine, Mephentermine, Mesocarb, Methamphetamine,> > Methylamphetamine, Methylephedrine, Modafinil, Nikethamide,> > Parahydroxyamphetamine, pemolie, phenmetrazine, Strychnine.> >> > Note: Cathine, Ephedrine and Methylephedrine are prohibited when> > concentration exceeds set limit in urine.> >> > Prominent sportsperson who failed with the above stimulants: a-> > ish skier Alain Baxter, who won Olympics Games slalom bronze in> > 2002, failed test. Methamphetamine, which he maintained was contained> > in a nasal inhaler. Former Tour de France winner Jan

Ullrich of> > Germany was suspended for six months in 2002 after testing positive> > for amphetamines. He claimed he had taken the substance for personal> > use during his rehabilitation from knee surgery.> >> > American sprinter Killi White was stripped of her 2003 world> > championship 100 metres and 200 meters gold medals after a positive> > test for modafinil, which she claimed she needed to treat a sleeping> > disorder.> >> > Torri , who inherited the 100m title, tested positive for the> > stimulant nikethamide in ique in April 2004. Ironically,> > Russia's Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, who was named the 200m world> > champion after White's suspension, later, failed a test for> > stanozolol.> >> > Legendary footballer Diego Maradona was suspended for 15 months> > following a positive test for

cocaine while playing for Napoli in 1999> > and was then sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the US after failing> > a test for ephedrine, and was later banned for another 15 months.> >> > Indian weightlifter Satheesha Rai failed tested positive for> > strychnine at the commonwealth games in 2002 and had his 77kg class> > gold medal stripped.> >> > World shot put champion CJ Hunter of the United States was suspended> > for two years after testing positive for nandrolone at the Oslo Golden> > League meeting in 2000.> >> > British tennis player Greg Rusedski failed a test for nandrolone but> > was cleared of a doping offence in 2004 after it emerged he was one of> > a number of players who had tested positive for the steroid – the most> > likely source of which was tablets handed out by ATP trainers.> >> >

Russia footballer Yegor Titov tested positive for bromantan during> > Russia's Euro 2004 play-off against Wales. Bromantan was developed by> > the Soviet army to help troops counter fatigue in the war in> > Afghanistan.> >> > At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Romanian gymnast Raducan was> > stripped of her gold medal after she tested positive for> > pseudoephdrine. Traces of the substance were found in a flu remedy> > given to the 16 year old by a team doctor.> >> > -----> > Syed Ziaur Rahman> >> > PS: Dr. Anupama: My another posting will be on Narcotics,> > Cannabinoids, Anabolic Agents, Peptide Hormones and Masking Agents> > used by various prominent sportsmen.> >> > ------------------------------------> >> >