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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
I'm by no means an authority on the subject but I thought generally PEDs were long term type things. Anything that doesn't give long term type benefits but is on the list is on there because of it's ability to mask the presence of PEDs on the screening tests... or so I thought anyway.
*shrug*
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Nope, PED stands for perfromance enhancing drug, there are countless drugs out there that are used for short term performance enhancement, cocaine is a good example. Athletes taking 'uppers' like ephedrine before competition is pretty common when testing isn't rampant like at the Olympics, those drugs are taken for the boost they give short term performance. Which is why they are banned substances under most testing policies and certainly at the Olympics.