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You don't just get prednisone off a mate for an ulcer. Prednisone is a very strong anti inflammatory steroid. And I'm not sure what it's medical qualification for an ulcer is. It does not just come in any old medication, it's prescription only. My doctor friend is busy or I'd ask him.
You go to the doctor and get the proper perspiration for medication.
Either he's a stupid as he claim, or he was trying to cheat. Either way, he's an idiot. UKAD say he didn't act intentionally becasue they cannot prove the contra.
It's such a pathetic excuse, it's so see through.
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My doctor friend is busy
Dr Ferrari, yeah? :P
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It's such a pathetic excuse, it's so see through.
Definitely a horseshit story.
"Hold mybeerEPO while I neck a load of my mate's drugs..." -
You go to the doctor and get the proper perspiration for medication.
What if it sweat and you're too pore to afford the bus fare to the surgery?
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Maybe, and fair enough. I agree it seems like a dubious excuse to me too.
It's just that it often strikes me that the banned list is so long and detailed, and over the counter drugs are so common and diverse that it would be very easy for an honest amateur athlete to show an adverse finding if selected for a random drugs test. I think tester has been assiduous in obtaining TUEs for some asthma meds, but for most of my sporting "career" the thought of checking the banned list wouldn't even have crossed my mind.
Still, that website that you linked is very useful - thank you.
hippy
gbj_tester
ewanmac
Twat because he was stupid to take a friend's medication without checking the ingredients or double checking for banned substances, or twat because you dispute UKAD's acceptance that "he had not acted intentionally"?
I know nothing about the story other than what is written in the report but taking the report at face value suggests that he was (correctly) handed a 2 year ban for a stupid but unintentional use of medication that was unrelated to sport performance.
That said, as I understand it, he's not the first rider from team swift...