The thing you have to recognize is that people will do dumb shit without knowing if it'll work or not, or without realizing the risk of being caught. People are still being busted for steroids that are detectable over a year after use. Some guys are being busted for using research chemicals with no proven benefit, whose *animal* trials were suspended because of widespread tumor growth. These guys aren't MDs, they aren't pharmacists.Pharmacist here,
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is a pretty weak diuretic. I would think if he was masking some banned substance he would take furosemide instead. Furosemide has quite a bit stronger diuretic effect with the added benefit that it is eliminated from the body faster than HCTZ. I don't know how to interpret these results...
I'm no expert at using them for illegal reasons though. I could be missing something...I guess slightly less side effects?
and uncommonly?It's commonly used for High Blood Pressure.
Commonly.
Nooooo but Junior is a Saint!
I guess Mark Hunt is always right.
Junior OF the Saints! loltechnically, he's Junior two Saints ;-)
USADA exists so we don't have to rely on bro-scientists like you.90%+ of pro MMA fighters dope.
Yes, your favorite fighter probably dopes.
It's a banned substance. You don't need to find justifications for taking it, it's forbidden. Taking steroids while in the USADA testing pool and subject to random testing doesn't make much sense either.Cerrone was busted for a diuretic, but he was trying to make 155. Using a diuretic as a masking agent when you're not close to the cutoff weight doesn't make much sense.
It's a banned substance. You don't need to find justifications for taking it, it's forbidden. Taking steroids while in the USADA testing pool and subject to random testing doesn't make much sense either.
Yet...
LOLI was just speculating. Take it easy. I'm not "judging" anyone.
Also this has been seen before. More likely than not he was taking a banned substance.
Hold on.
His camp is going to test/research hundreds of GNC supplements before finding something that has the substance he tested positive for and submit it to USADA proving his innocence.