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B Larner wrote:
Erupe claimed that, "The positive result was due to medicine I took for malaria, but Athletics Kenya did not accept this and suspended me for two years."

Following the postponement of the recommendation, the Korean Amateur Athletic Federation (KAAF) applied to the KSC for the special recommendation session after gathering further documentation. The documentation includes records indicating Erupe's admission to a local hospital in Kenya and certification of verification of these records by the Korean General Hospital. A KAAF spokesperson commented, "In consultation with domestic malaria experts we have confirmed that prescriptions for the drug in question were unavoidable at the time."

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The article says:
"Erupe explained that he took the drug to treat malaria and submitted doctor's notes and medical history, but the committee did not accept them and rejected Erupe's plea, saying he should have notified it in advance if he was to take the drug for medical reasons."

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Metric Miler wrote:
There are 4 types of malaria that affect humans. Two of those, Plasmodium vivax and plasmodium falciparum cause extreme anemia. This is partly because the malaria virus resides inside the red blood cells, which it destroys. The affected red blood cells also tend to pool and agglomerate as their often abnormal shape can prevent them from passing through capillaries etc. Also, the virus affects the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
It would seem that providing a patient with artificial EPO could help the combat severe and potentially deadly anemia by stimulating red blood cell production.

If an athlete has anemia, he is certainly in no position to be training or competing! Regarding alerting the anti-doping authorities, rules are the rules really. I'm pretty sure athletes are allowed to be prescribed life saving drugs (lol) but they have to alert WADA or whoever.

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Sounds feasible. wrote:
Sounds feasible, it also helps prevent tooth decay if you put it in your toothpaste.

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Sounds feasible. wrote:
Sounds feasible, it also helps prevent tooth decay if you put it in your toothpaste.

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3rd world probs wrote:
In simple, yes. As outlined above, destruction of erythrocytes secondary to disease as well as medications to tx the disease both cause anemia. There is currently a movement for utilization of epo for tx of anemia in 3rd world countries secondary to malaria because of the sketchy blood available for transfusion.

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3rd world probs wrote:
In simple, yes. As outlined above, destruction of erythrocytes secondary to disease as well as medications to tx the disease both cause anemia. There is currently a movement for utilization of epo for tx of anemia in 3rd world countries secondary to malaria because of the sketchy blood available for transfusion.

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pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

3rd world probs wrote:
In simple, yes. As outlined above, destruction of erythrocytes secondary to disease as well as medications to tx the disease both cause anemia. There is currently a movement for utilization of epo for tx of anemia in 3rd world countries secondary to malaria because of the sketchy blood available for transfusion.

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Ok, all good. But.....


We're talking about a theoretical malaria-ravaged health condition to RUNNING A MARATHON at national elite times or better, in a matter of a few days.

That's the only possible way to test positive is to test very close to a non-micro dosage window, 2-3 days. Maybe the urine test has gotten better? Add a day or two.

If recovery is that instantaneous, then I'm happy to have my doubts removed. Otherwise, this excuse is fantastic.