fair enough.
>From: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Pharmaco-economics was: t-and-f: Olympic DQ's >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:30:16 -0800 (PST) > >--- Michael Contopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan, the usage of EPO (and I assume other drugs similar to it) are NOT > > simple to use effectivley (without dying) by any means. > >Two points: > >1) I was talking about the taking of it, not the effective use. All I was >saying is it is easier to take something than to create reliable tests for >its presence. > >2) I made no mention of EPO in the post, as I was talking in the most >general of terms about intake and testing. As such, the complications of >EPO specifically are not really relevant. > >Dan > > > >From: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >--- Buck Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I always chuckle to myself when I read the oft-repeated idea that > > > > the athletes are ahead of the testers when it comes to science. > > > > > >What's so hard to believe about that? If someone can get their hands > > on > > >the stuff (hypothetically speaking, of course), I assume it takes most > > >semi-intelligent people very little science to inject or swallow it. > > On > > >the other hand, testing for it would take a whole lot more science > > beyond > > >just creating the drug, assuming the R&D leading to the patent did not > > >also include ways of testing for the drug's presence. > > > > > >Dan > > >===== >http://AccountBiller.com - MyCalendar, D-Man, ReSearch, etc. >http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F >------------------------------------------------------------ > @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) >_/ \ \/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lifetime forwarding address) > / / (503)370-9969 phone/fax > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
