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To: webstersII
While they were testing those guys, the doctor and trainers had about 45 minutes to put IVs in the riders and flush the drugs out of their systems.

Highly unlikely given the fact that a typical kidney dialysis takes between 3 to 5 hours and a more thorough treatment takes 6 to 8 hours. And that's using highly sophisticated dialysis machines.

You can't "flush the drugs" out of someone's body via a 45 minute IV...In fact, a typical blood transfusion for one unit of blood takes over 1 1/2 hours.......and that's just to add blood, forget about cleansing all the blood in your body.

47 posted on 05/21/2011 6:30:48 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (It's a beautiful day and I'm glad I can see it in color.......)
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To: Hot Tabasco; webstersII

If I remember correctly, the most common type of “drug” they use now increases oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, “red blood cell booster erythropoietin (commonly known as EPO)”

It actually doesn’t show up in the blood like cocaine would. The only way to detect it is by measuring the oxygen content of the blood and comparing it to an “average” number.

So I could see if they did a quick blood transfusion it would lower the oxygen content enough to be “average” again.


49 posted on 05/21/2011 6:54:34 AM PDT by Gvl_M3 (Cain is Able)
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