The Farah "prescription drug" was for VITAMIN D

Farah World Traveller wrote:

here we go again... wrote:

Or maybe because there is barely a scant of sunlight in the great northwest. .

Farah spends very little time in the great northwest. He is usually is sunny southern Europe or always sunny Africa. Do try to keep up, okay.

Pompous A-Holes like yourself never take the time to read through things or think clearly, especially when they're ignorant and blood thirsty. I'm pretty sure that's keeping up with you, no?

I said: It's vitamin D. Sounds like Farah was taking too much of it and the UK doctors backed him off on it. Good for them. Probably realized he didn't need as much if he was training in places like Kenya or Ethiopia in the winter.

wejo wrote:

Did you even read the article? We didn't leave that out at all.

We said, "The USADA report stated that Farah was one of multiple athletes given prescription drugs with no medical need in order to boost performance. Salazar took what USADA called “egregious risks” by urging Farah to take dangerous doses of a legal vitamin D prescription drug. The Sunday Times says Farah’s British doctors intervened after concern about Farah’s health. "

So, why is the United States Anti-Doping Agency involved with something that a) isn't doping, and b) is being done by someone who doesn't run for the United States?

why d'ya think?

alberto salazar = Letsrun's "Paula Radcliffe doped" masking agent

come on guys, be objective

Yeah... Vitamin D. As in Dianabol.

News flash: You don't need a script for legit vitamins.

USADA, is that all you've got? What a joke. Vitamin D and carnitine?

Get a job doing something else, you jokers.

From Wikipedia:

"Calcitriol (INN), also called 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, is the hormonally active metabolite of vitamin D...

Calcitriol is marketed under various trade names including Rocaltrol (Roche), Calcijex (Abbott), Decostriol (Mibe, Jesalis), Biowoz (Solmarc) and Vectical (Galderma), Rolsical (Sun Pharma)...

Calcitriol is prescribed for... prevention of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis."

^^^ The last line there is the key.

The UK Times article doesn't specify what the legal vitamin D prescription drug was that Farah is supposed to have been stopped from taking by UK doctors. But it does seem reasonable to assume that because it does say it's a prescription drug, it's more likely to be something like Calcitriol than simply megadoses of your generic OTC Vitamin D supplement.

From that assumption, fairly reasonable to assume that one might be using high doses of a legal drug like Calcitriol to counteract the negative effects on bone density of corticosteroid use, such as, say, prednisone? (This is legal w/ a TUE of course).

No illegal smoking guns in here, but looks pretty obvious that at the very least there's a pretty hefty bag of pills being carried around by someone at NOP. Good thing they have Lance's ear to make sure it's all kept firmly in the gray area.

1. Isn't max daily recommended amount different by country...?

2. Since when is vitamin D a "drug?"

There are herbal supplements that doctors consider drugs...

Vitamin D shots are not uncommon in cloudy climes...

Vitamin B shots are given by university doctors to athletes all the time...

His UK doctor may have had a conservative opinion.

Since when is vitamin D a prescription drug? Don't you think somethings wrong when all of Salazar's athletes become human pin cushions? Most people rarely get stabbed by the needle. NOP athletes get picked more times than the Rose of Treslise.

vitamin D in certain doses and forms is a prescription drug. try reading the thread. or is reading optional for nike employees like you?

"Millar, who was banned from the sport for two years in 2004 after admitting to doping, told The Telegraph that Kenacort, one of the trade names for triamcinolone, was the “most potent” drug he used in his career, describing it as a huge performance enhancer and a dangerous one because of its “powerful, destructive” side effects."

80 mg injection of triamcinolone ( corticosteroid ) before the big race for a performance boost.

Letsrun:

" Farah has also admitted in the past to taking L-carnitine, but said that he tried it as part of a drink and not an infusion. However, The Sunday Times reported on Sunday that he received it via an infusion before the 2014 London Marathon. UK Athletics, whose medical staff administered the infusion said that, to its knowledge, the infusion was in accordance with WADA guidelines."

It's the UK staff that should be on the hotseat.

Farah's game is, UK Athletics made me stop taking that stuff.

There is nothing to stop world-traveller Farah from taking the stuff whenever he wants. There are many reasons Farah likes to train in places that are not the UK or even the US.

Dr Shady wrote:

Since when is vitamin D a prescription drug?

^^^ this

it would be interesting to know what pharmacy they get all this stuff from.

The (Huge) Difference Between Vitamins D3 and D2 And Why You Should Never Take D2

https://saveourbones.com/the-huge-difference-between-vitamins-d3-and-d2-and-why-you-should-never-take-d2/

Vitamin Dumb wrote:

.

Yes, there are reasons to be highly suspicious of why he was taking this. Likely because some other drug was causing an extreme depletion of his natural stores.

Like steroids?

Black skin blocks the absorbtion of Vitamin D so many in northern climates become deficient. Just saying.