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**juptVatoSoito** · 08-07-2012, 02:41 PM

He tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), which you need to inject like insulin. I have no idea if it was possible to hide from a girl friend. It could be.

Like insulin, our bodies produce EPO too because we need it to produce red blood cells. EPO injection can be used to boost RBC production and improve durability. But too many blood cells can make blood too viscous, and that's why EPO is banned.

08-07-2012, 02:41 PM	#8
juptVatoSoito Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	He tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), which you need to inject like insulin. I have no idea if it was possible to hide from a girl friend. It could be. Like insulin, our bodies produce EPO too because we need it to produce red blood cells. EPO injection can be used to boost RBC production and improve durability. But too many blood cells can make blood too viscous, and that's why EPO is banned.
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