Re: Mepivocaine (sp?) (733 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: September 29, 2006 04:57PM
richiebee Wrote:
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> DRF reports trainer Mullins has a positive for
> mepivocaine (sp?), joining R. Dutrow (suspension,
> NY, 30 days), Asmussen (suspension, LA., 6
> months), Pletcher (suspension appealed). All of
> the above suspensions involved mepivocaine.
>
> Even sincere anti- drug proponents (TGJB) and
> those whose sincerity I have voiced skepticism
> about (Barry Irwin) have repeatedly contended that
> mepivocaine is NOT a performance enhancing drug.
>
> But it keeps turning up in the blood samples of
> the runners of the usual suspects.
>
> Not performance enhancing, but possibly a masking
> agent?
Richie, I'm in full accord with your suspicion on this. The usual suspects testing positive for this substance is more than coincidental. These guys are cheating with it. Precisely how is the issue.