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    Faher's little helper? Viagra may offer athetic edge by tFOXSports.com

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    Updated: June 10, 2008, 1:11 PM EST RSS blog email print You'll never look at the phrase "performance-enhancing drugs" in quite the same way again.

    The Daily News in New York reported Tuesday that Viagra has become a popular pick-me-up for athletes looking for an edge on the field and perhaps some frisky behavior off of it.

    Citing a source familiar with the New York Yankees clubhouse, the paper said Roger Clemens stashed the diamond-shaped pills in a vitamin bottle in his locker, perhaps keeping the drug undercover to avoid the inevitable wisecracks.

    But the veteran pitcher wasn't alone. He's among the numerous athletes who have turned Vitamin V and its over-the-counter substitutes into one of the hottest drugs in locker rooms. The drug is so widely used now that it has drawn the attention of anti-doping officials.

    "All my athletes took it," BALCO founder Victor Conte said of an over-the-counter supplement he claimed mimicked Viagra. "It's bigger than creatine. It's the biggest product in nutritional supplements."

    Among the off-label uses for Viagra, which first went on the market in 1998:


    Building endurance, especially for athletes who compete at high altitudes, by delivering oxygen, nutrients and performance-enhancing drugs to muscles more efficiently.

    Offsetting impotence, which can be a side-effect of testosterone injections.
    Viagra, officially intended to treat erectile dysfunction, is not banned by Major League Baseball or other sports, and the paper said Clemens would have violated no drug-testing rules by using it.

    The World Anti-Doping Agency is funding a study to see if Viagra can be used to cheat on the field. Researchers at three U.S. universities are trying to determine if Viagra, officially known as sildenafil citrate, aids training and improves performance.

    Last month at the Giro d'Italia, Italy's biggest cycling event, Andrea Moletta was suspended after police searched his father's car and found 82 Viagra pills and a syringe.

    In March, NFL draft prospect Heath Benedict of Florida was found dead at his home. A medical examiner's report said bottles labeled "L-Dex" and "L-Via" — interpreted to be anabolic steroids and liquid Viagra — were found near his body.

    If researchers conclude that Viagra enhances athletic performance, the World Anti-Doping Agency could add the prescription medication to the list of prohibited substances in Olympic sports.

    Don Catlin, founder of Anti-Doping Research in Southern California, has been raising questions about Viagra's use in sports for years.

    "It's a complicated drug," he said. "If you go through the basic pharmacology and stretch your imagination, you could end up saying, 'Yeah, maybe it could be useful for athletes who are competing in endurance sports at high altitude.'"

    Catlin said he e-mailed then-WADA chairman Dick Pound several years ago to point out that Viagra might be a doping agent, but the message bounced back because the spam filter on Pound's computer would not let the e-mail through.

    Clemens' lawyer Rusty Hardin did not return a call for comment.

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    Re: Faher's little helper? Viagra may offer athetic edge

    That's nice our athletes are running around with chubbys as they play.
    ours is not to wonder why just invert and multiply...

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    I think it is hilarious that they tried to e-mail Dick Pound to let him know about the effects of Viagra, but his e-mail spam filter would not let it go through.
    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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    Viva Viagra - NFL Style.

    Maybe a future "themed" photoshop contest idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MeetJoeGreene
    Viva Viagra - NFL Style.

    Maybe a future "themed" photoshop contest idea.
    Did camber come over to this board? Lord help us if he gets in on that contest.
    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by costanza2k1
    That's nice our athletes are running around with chubbys as they play.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DVSONE
    Quote Originally Posted by costanza2k1
    That's nice our athletes are running around with chubbys as they play.

    boner, wood, hard on, stiffy, schwingin, erection...
    ours is not to wonder why just invert and multiply...

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    Quote Originally Posted by costanza2k1
    That's nice our athletes are running around with chubbys as they play.

    Of course, with my "dimensions" I would get called continuously for high-sticking if I were a hockey player
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    Now Jeff Garcia wont be the only one in the locker room with a boner......

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    Re: Faher's little helper? Viagra may offer athetic edge

    Quote Originally Posted by MeetJoeGreene
    Quote Originally Posted by costanza2k1
    That's nice our athletes are running around with chubbys as they play.

    Of course, with my "dimensions" I would get called continuously for high-sticking if I were a hockey player
    You're too funny...

    ours is not to wonder why just invert and multiply...

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