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In the early days of its use there were several young riders who died of heart attacks, their blood being so thick that during the night, when blood pressure is lowest, it just stopped circulating.
This led to riders setting their alarms for the middle of the night so they could get up and get the blood flowing again or even hanging upside down for a while.
Avoiding these fatal complication was one of the reasons many team doctors and directeur sportifs gave for organising it team-wide, being able to monitor the riders and keep the dosage 'safe'.