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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Puckish Rogue posted:

I think he hates everyone (including himself) and everything (especially tennis.)

Agassi energy

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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
As someone who also hates tennis, I love Big Nick Kyrg

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
WADA to save us

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I am writing an angry letter to WADA and USADA as we speak.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Some Russians and some anonymous Spainards will probably get the good gear and win all the slams and tennis will be dead. Maybe they can get the guys who run British Cycling to dope up some British tennis stars or something.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Gluten

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Schlub Husband posted:

Why is Djokovic so despised here? Don't get me wrong I want Federer to win but I don't follow tennis very closely and don't know where the hatred comes from. He kinda looks weird sometimes I guess.

He is a drug cheat (though so is Federer tbf)

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) is the generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). In the media, these agents are commonly referred to as 'EPO', short for erythropoietin. CERAs have an extended half-life and a mechanism of action that promotes increased stimulation of erythropoietin receptors compared with other ESAs.

Under the trade name Mircera, Roche Pharmaceuticals received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2008 to market a continuous erythropoiesis receptor activator (methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta) for the treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease, including in those undergoing dialysis.[1] (Patent disputes between Amgen, which owns several patents relating to recombinant EPO variants, and Roche are blocking distribution of Mircera in the U.S.[citation needed] This issue appears to have been resolved since Fresenius Medical dialysis clinics in the US are now administering this drug.[citation needed]) Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta had been approved by the European Commission in August 2007, and was made available in Europe at the start of 2008.[citation needed]

In terms of its structure, Mircera is similar to the previous synthetic EPO drugs, except that it is connected to a chemical called polyethylene glycol (PEG), which makes it last longer in the body. According to Roche, the product has the longest half-life of all FDA-approved erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs): up to 6 times longer than darbepoetin alfa and up to 20 times longer than epoetin. CERAs thus promise both lower dosing—significant owing to the high inherent cost of manufacturing recombinant protein drugs—and less frequent injections for patients. ESAs are administered via subcutaneous injections, often in doctor's offices for patients who lack the skill or dexterity to inject themselves, so the once- or twice-monthly dosing regimen for CERAs promises fewer costly, inconvenient office visits for patients requiring constant hemoglobin level maintenance for chronic kidney disease.

In clinical trials, CERA dosed every 3 to 4 weeks demonstrated efficacy similar to that of epoetin alfa and darbepoetin alfa in maintaining hemoglobin concentrations within the target hemoglobin range. CERA has generally been well tolerated in clinical trials.[citation needed]

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Operación Puerto (Operation Mountain Pass)[1] is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved several of the world's most famous cyclists and teams at the time.

Media attention has focused on the small number of professional road cyclists named; however, sportspeople from other disciplines including football and tennis have also been connected with the scandal, though not officially indicted.[2] And among total number of athletes, fifteen had been acquitted by May 2007, while three had admitted doping or evidence of blood doping was found.[3][4]


Other athletes
On 5 July 2006, Fuentes was indignant that only cyclists had been named and said he also worked with tennis and football players.[2] On 27 July 2006, IAAF was assured by Spanish prosecutors that no track and field athletes were involved.[58] On 23 September 2006, former cyclist Jesús Manzano told reporters from France 3 that he had seen "well-known footballers" from La Liga visit the offices of Dr Fuentes.[59]

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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Jack's Flow posted:

What’s up with passive aggressive Djokovic eating center court grass with a smirk on his face? Is that his gently caress you to the entire arena for being Federer fans? Very weird.

It was covered in EPO.

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