They gave the entire 100 mL bags. They administered 1 to 4 bags. They did not administer 14 mL or 15 mL ( = 3,000 mg of L-carnitine) because that dose does not raise plasma carnitine concentrations from under 100 micromol/L to 2000 micromol/L after the IV infusion of L-carnitine.
The IV infusion had a duration of over 1 hour.
Even though L-carnitine is available in the US as pills or powder for oral use, all L-carnitine for intravenous injection or infusion is a prescription drug.
The idea for the L-carnitine infusions came from Alberto Salazar and not from Dr. Brown. Dr. Brown just does what Alberto tells him to do…and he is paid by someone (Nike?) to see all the NOP athletes.
Coach Alberto has played doctor and practiced medicine without a license on many occasions.
He has dispensed the prescription NSAID drug Celebrex to athletes without a prescription for Celebrex, which is illegal because Alberto is not a doctor or a pharmacy.
He has had Mo Farah, Dathan Ritzenhein and other runners on the prescription drug calcitonin…until Pete Julian found out that it might increase cancer risk. Whoops. Then the athletes were told to stop taking calcitonin…after Ritzenhein had already been on it for 4 years.
Alberto Salazar dispensed the schedule III controlled substance and prescription drug Androgel (testosterone gel) to his 2 experimental subjects (his 2 sons) when he did the "Possible Galen Rupp Sabotage with Androgel Experiments" with measurement of testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) levels to see what amount would trigger a positive doping test. That is against various federal and state drug laws because Alberto is not a doctor or pharmacy and neither of his 2 sons had a prescription for Androgel. It is illegal to dispense a schedule III controlled substance and prescription drug Androgel to any person who does not have a prescription for Androgel.
Alberto Salazar has also emailed Galen Rupp and told Galen to increase his dose of the prescription thyroid hormone drug Levoxyl (T4) and to start on the prescription drug Cytomel (T3) right away. He then offers to drive the prescription thyroid hormone drug Cytomel over to Galen.
Alberto Salazar is coach, doctor and pharmacy all in one.
In a Dec. 20, 2011, email to Rupp, he wrote: "Take a full extra Levoxyl tonight and start on Cytomel right away. P.S. I've got Cytomel. If you don't have it, call me and I'll drive it over."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/is-nike-covering-up-dubious-practices-of-runners-a-1137229.htmlAlberto Salazar should not be "playing doctor" with Galen Rupp by telling him to increase his dose of Levoxyl and to start Cytomel.
Coach Alberto Salazar should also not act like a pharmacy delivery service for Galen Rupp.
In conclusion:
1) Coach Alberto Salazar needs to be STOPPED.