Quote Originally Posted by NJBikeGal View Post
You'd think they'd at least be smart enough to use something other than EPO!!! I mean, how easy is it to test for that!
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I'm not judging any particular person one way or the other, but if they are still using the test I remember, I actually think the EPO test can be somewhat subjective.... the test ends up with a bunch of bands on a gel and the person reading it has to judge whether or not the epo band is "dark enough" to be a positive. Not only that, there are certain conditions that can cause a false positive on the test.

Not only that, there are supposedly ways to beat the test, with carefully controlled dosing, so it actually makes sense to me that this would be the drug of choice for a person trying to get away with something.......

Knowing those two things, I suppose if a person were to use anything, EPO would be the logical choice. You can't really explain away someone else's red blood cells or plant based testosterones in your body (not that it hasn't been tried), but the hope with EPO would be that you'd got the schedule right and won't get a positive test and if you do, there are then multiple reasons why you might get a false positive test to explain it away. Of course these days it takes longer to fight the 2 year suspension, than to just serve it.