Hair loss drug interferes with 2006 Olympics
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Hair loss drug of champions and olympians? . . . Proscar
According to Tim Reynolds, A.P. sportswriter, Zack Lund, Americas top skeleton racer, will be allowed to compete in next month’s Turin Olympics. Lund was banned from two World Cup races after failing a drug test in November. Monday, however, the U.S. Anti-Doping agency came to the decision that a public warning was sufficient in Lunds case. He could have been suspended and unable to attend the Turin Olympics 2006. The drug in question is Proscar, which Lund was using for the purpose of hair restoration or hair loss.
Tim reynolds writes:
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Lund tested positive for Finasteride, a banned substance often used as a steroid-masking agent, at a competition in NIf this was God’s way of telling me that he wants me to go bald, I get the messageovember and was barred from the past two World Cup races. Lund said the positive result stemmed from his use of a hair-restoration product.Â
Lund has taken hair-restoration products since 1999 and has always declared them on his medical forms that get filled out before competition. He is no longer taking Proscar, the pill he was using at the time of the positive drug test, and is even avoiding multivitamins and other over-the-counter products, just to be safe. “I have learned my lesson,” Lund said. “If this was God’s way of telling me that he wants me to go bald, I get the message.” |
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If you’ve read any of my past posts with regards to hair loss remedies, you know I don’t carry much faith in their restorative powers. Hair supply manufacturers have been selling their magic potions, or bottles of hope, at huge costs to the public, with no definative results. I believe in the genius of man, and that most probably a pill will contain the magic to grow hair someday . . . BUT. . . when that day comes, it will be a celebrated moment. It will be shouted from every media source available and not be a drug that is sold as having a potential to reduce hair loss. My advice save your money, and most certainly if you are in a job that might require a drug test someday.
A description of Proscar, http://search.drugs.com/search.php A site on Proscar for hair loss, http://www.procerin.com/index.htm
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