March 9th, 2016, 11:07 am
QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperNYTQuoteIn October, the U.S.-based Partnership for Clean Competition, an anti-doping group, said meldonium was found in 182 of 8,300 urine samples from athletes as part of a study part-funded by the PCC.that's a lot of athletes with heart problems!from elsewhere, supposedly sharapova claimed she was taking the drug becauseQuote?I want people to know that for 10 years Maria took this substance, which was recommended to her by her doctor after he did an extensive battery of tests to determine what medical conditions were causing her to be sick on a frequent basis.?He found that she had abnormal EKG readings, that she had some diabetes indicators, and when he coupled that with a family medical history of those issues, as well as low magnesium and some immune deficiencies, it was his job as her doctor to prescribe or recommend the medication that would help her be healthy.?There's several benign reasons: 1) It may be caused by heart muscle damage from overtraining; 2) it may be that the same genetic factors that provide superior athletic performance lead to heart problems; 3) extreme athleticism leads to normal changes in the heart (e.g., enlargment and slower resting heart rate) that doctors misinterpret as "abnormal".Without a careful examination of the athletes by an independent cardiologist, it impossible to say which athletes should be using meldonium and which shouldn't. And without a careful examination of the athletes' doctor's records, it's impossible to say which athletes are abusing meldonium and which have been mis-prescribed meldonium.