Does anyone know what the side effects of EPO are? We all know the side effects of steroids, but I haven’t heard anything about EPO actually being bad for you and causing long term damage. No I’m not thinking about taking the stuff, but I would like to know what kind of price these athletes are going to pay in the long term for their drug abuse.
“I haven’t heard anything about EPO actually being bad for you and causing long term damage”
Neither the opposite, and that would be a good reason for me not to take it.
if you take too much, you’ll die. And that’s not a long term side effect. You’ll die, like, tonight.
One of the rare complications is aplastic anemia, in which one can no longer produce Red Blood cells.
Deke
EPO is a naturally occuring hormone. Its effect (side and otherwise) is to increase the red cell count in your body. If you don’t want EPO in your body, you’ll need to cut out your kidneys where it is produced.
Immunogenicity, ostealgia, arthralgia, and hypertension are the most common ones I’ve seen/heard of (in patients legitimately needing it for anemia, etc.). If I had to make a guess for HEALTHY adults using/abusing Procrit, Aranesp, or Epogen I’d wager the most dangerous side effects would be: heart attack, stroke, and immunogenicity. Even without these “serious” side effects, I’m sure most people using it would have incredible arthralgia/ostealgias (joint/bone pain).
A couple of italian xc skiers died in the 90s from what is now thought to be EPO usage (at the time it wasnt tested for). As i understand it, they got their hematocrit way too high, turned their blood into a slurpee consistency, and had heart attacks in their sleep.
Check out this article, written several years ago and published in outside magazine. The author (an everyday joe cyclist) takes HGH, EPO, and anabolic steroids under a doctor’s care and documents the effects he experienced with each. Very interesting…
http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/200311/200311_drug_test_1.html
I hear that using an Ergomo increases one’s FTP more than using EPO. The long term effects of Ergomo are not nearly as daunting as EPO either; however, you will certainly lose that sense of being a “man’s man” one gets with an Ergomo riding at 25 mph at a 6 Watts/Kg on a flat road.
You tend to forget where you’ve been.
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If I had to make a guess for HEALTHY adults using/abusing Procrit, Aranesp, or Epogen I’d wager the most dangerous side effects would be: heart attack, stroke, and immunogenicity.
There are several recent studies that support this. People/athletes need to understand this.
I am now using my coach’s SRM (sweet setup with the FSA Cranks and white head unit to match the B&W Cervelo).
I’m not putting out nearly as many watts but going just as fast in training which leads me to two logical conclusions–i’ve somehow gotten a lot weaker on the bike BUT the SRM is a LOT more aerodynamic than the Ergomo!
Makes sense, right?
Hi,
Being one of the unfortunates who had to use Procrit during chemo, I only remember the doc mentioning the possibilities
of “injection reaction” primarily that it might sting a bit…i had heard that it would cause heart issues if your RBC/hemocrit
weren’t correctly monitored.
On a side note, when I finished, I threw away four 20,000 unit vials that I guess I could have traded for a bike…
Mike
Check out this article, written several years ago and published in outside magazine. The author (an everyday joe cyclist) takes HGH, EPO, and anabolic steroids under a doctor’s care and documents the effects he experienced with each. Very interesting…
http://outside.away.com/...311_drug_test_1.html
I read this article a while back. It is one of the most fascinating articles I’ve ever read. I would definitely second reading this if you’re interested in (not interested in using - just interested in) PED’s.
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Does anyone know what the side effects of EPO are? We all know the side effects of steroids, but I haven’t heard anything about EPO actually being bad for you and causing long term damage. No I’m not thinking about taking the stuff, but I would like to know what kind of price these athletes are going to pay in the long term for their drug abuse.
there is emerging data that suggest that it could increase cancer risk.
it turned bottomfeeder’s balls blue
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