Sharapova busted for meldonium

just sayin wrote:

many athletes, more rules wrote:

They all take tons of legal or "gray zone" drugs. It's not like they have huge staffs that sift through every new little rule that comes from some sports ministry.

Ya remember when osafa powells room got busted

The place was like a pharmacy

Every gray zone supplement you could name he was takin it

Name a few ?

You can say the same thing about Vitamin B1 / Thiamine for pretty much all of these.

Wake up wrote:

Decreased levels of lactate and urea in blood

Improved economy of glycogen: level of glycogen increased in the cells during the long-lasting exercise

Increased endurance properties and aerobic capabilities of athletes

Improved functional parameters of heart activity

Increased physical work capabilities

Increased rate of recovery after maximal and sub-maximal loads

Activates CNS functions and protects against stress

onlythefirst wrote:

i think there will be a lot more positives...it seems that WADA should have alerted people who had previously tested positive for meldonium in past years that the drug had been added to the list, vs just adding it to an e-mail they send out?

That's not WADA's job.

The anti-doping authority is probably the IAAF, maybe the local national federation could help.

Big boy11 wrote:

just sayin wrote:

Ya remember when osafa powells room got busted

The place was like a pharmacy

Every gray zone supplement you could name he was takin it

Name a few ?

Caffeine beet juice ice cream

I wish she get a slap on the wrist, as should Aregawi. People not gonna read some email attachment.

NOP TUEs wrote:

bufo wrote:

Seems that adding meldonium to the list is nicely catching out anyone who was in the grey area before - wonder how many more who weren't careful are going to be caught out... Must mean that even more were using it before though and I'm sure it's not the only substance like it.

It could be that the meldonium has a long hang-time tendency: meaning it takes some time to flush out of a user's system.

It has a half life of 10 hours.

Clerk wrote:

NOP TUEs wrote:

It could be that the meldonium has a long hang-time tendency: meaning it takes some time to flush out of a user's system.

It has a half life of 10 hours.

Others stated it is detectable several months after use. It must have a very long hang-time.

One thing about Alberto, he is anal about this stuff. No NOPers will get popped for meldo. He is the grey-area wizard.

we're supposed to believe that all these world class athletes were taking meldonium. For their health. Just a coincidence. Yes.

This meldonium business is all window dressing and no substance

The federation takes a light potshot at Ethiopia which has been blatantly doping big time for 20years

and makes it look like it's ahead of the curve on doping

I was wrong on my first claim.Half life is 6.5h. Half life is not tied to detection window, but gives a general clue (short vs. long time)http://pilarmartinescudero.es/OctNov15/Midronate%20interferencia%20con%20cromatografia.pdf

the estimated LLOD at 200 ng/mL for the initial testing assay and 10 ng/mL for the confirmation assay is suggested to be sufficient for a reliable Mildronate detection over a couple of days after administration.[29]

Not months.

Considering meldonium is not FDA approved and Sharapova lives in the Florida, how was she able to get that drug into the country for the past 10 years?

Did she just admit illegal drug trafficking from 2006 until 2016?

It's probably not illegal according to the FDA:

http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/Basics/ucm194904.htm

She says it was her family doctor that prescribed it, so maybe she took it in Russia.

I've just read she's the highest paid female athlete in the world. How does she earn more than Serena who she hasn't beaten in over a decade?

She travels all over the world, and she undoubtedly has a whole team of doctors, trainers, nutritionists, etc, any one of whom probably has their own sources. Even for hard core PEDs like HGH and EPO which are supposedly highly controlled, I can't think of one doctor who has lost his license for prescribing them to athletes for performance enhancement rather than their intended purposes.

If only she'd consulted Jon orange for advice...

El Keniano wrote:

I've just read she's the highest paid female athlete in the world. How does she earn more than Serena who she hasn't beaten in over a decade?

same reason Ryan Hall earns more than Meb.

Ryan Hall deserves more than big mouth Meb. Maria will just get a warning, they don't have the equivalent on Seb Coe to pretends things are in order. Tennis will just say there tour has no drug problems.