Doping

[davewitley]

Drieux:

> Yes, there are instances.  Use of human growth factor
> hormone (anabolic steroids) is rampant in
> weight-lifting, and the use of EPO (erythropoietin) to
> stimulate red blood cell growth is getting to a
> similar level of abuse in the endurance sports.  In a
> lot of of the latter, use of whole blood that is
> hyper- oxygenated (and collected from the athlete it
> is destined to be given back to) and/or packed red
> cells has been observed as well.
> 
Yes, but can they lift more because of it?  Do they have more 
stamina?  Has anyone done a double blind or whatever to find out?

David