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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
Well - I stand corrected. I didn't think there was enough of a performance boost from ephedrine and was under the impression that it was banned because it was a masking agent because it acts as both a diuretic and can increase sweating which will help flush your system of traces of steroids, etc. and beat the drug tests for other (IMO, more serious) PEDs.
edit: I guess I should mention that for most purposes I consider the terms performance enhancing drugs and banned substance pretty much synonymous for every day purposes when technically they probably shouldn't be... I understand the distinction and recognize it but for casual conversation they kinda get lumped together. That might make my last post a little clearer.
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Ephedrine is definitely a performance enhancer, I've watched guys I played rugby with pop 3 or 4 pills and fly around like they've been shot out of a cannon for 40 minutes.
Masking agents often lead to the 'innocent' positive results, or so athletes argue. They can show up in a lot of seemingly innocuous products. Same goes for cold medicines, although those restrictions are a little more open than they used to be. I was briefly subject to IOC standard restrictions a few years ago and fighting a cold meant creating your own recipe for cold medicine from a selection of approved substances. It was rarely remotely effective. Booze worked though.