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> Jonathan v.d. Sluis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > He probably knows what he is talking about. As a non-expert, I'm more
> > inclined to believe a doctor than someone just calling '********'.
>
> Well, it is true that I am not in the medical field. But I do know
> that serious, previously unknown side effects resulting from drugs
> that are in widespread use are typically not made public in this
> fashion.
>
> So I guess I'm just cynical.
How do you know it was a previously unknown side effect? Wouldn't this sort
of thing be known from testing on lab animals?
If it was a team doctor, I would be cynical too, but given the amount of
witch-hunting* Pantani underwent, I don't think Italian police have much to
gain by clearing his name. Proving that he did use EPO for extended periods
might make all the trials and interrogations seem worthwhile.
Jonathan.
* A word that cyclingnews has also introduced now that accusations are
mounting up against english-speaking riders, too. It never referred to what
happened to Pantani in the past, probably because it would not look funny on
the april fools' page. Still I think it can safely be used here.