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03-03.-2007, 12:47 PM
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1% hydrocortisone cream?
I live and train and a very humid and hot city, and with my sensitive skin, that usually turns into a rash on long training days.
I've been told by my doctor that 1% hydrocortisone cream (the stuff you can get over-the-counter) works pretty well so I've been using it off and on. I'm just curious- can using it be considered doping? I know pro's sometimes shoot up with corticosteroids to good effect, but can enough of the steriod get into your blood stream to make a difference if you are just using the cream? I guess it's idle curiousity, since I'm hardly fast enough to care, and I've not noticed any affect what-so-ever. |
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04-03.-2007, 09:50 AM
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Re: 1% hydrocortisone cream?
No. You'd have to cover yourself head to toe in a thick layer of the stuff to get enough absorption to give you detectable blood levels. A thin layer over a rash is not going to cause problems.
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06-03.-2007, 01:16 AM
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Re: 1% hydrocortisone cream?
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