OT - Illegal Substances in the NBA

[etopn23]

At 45 seconds in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrNMtIQuxk
you see Kobe Bryant using an inhaler during an NBA game. Are corticosteroids (assuming it isn't an anabolic steroid) legal? It doesn't seem to make sense how that's allowed..

[Cevap]

yes, i'm sure kobe would inhale something banned by the NBA while standing in the huddle

[TheSheriff]

Steroids are a large problem in the NBA. Was Kobe doing steroids on the court? Probably not.

[etopn23]

yes, i'm sure kobe would inhale something banned by the NBA while standing in the huddle

I'm not understanding why inhalers are allowed. They are banned in track and field/football - it's a performance enhancing drug.

I'm not trying to harp on Kobe - it isn't the first time that I've seen this in the NBA. It's just the only youtube clip I could find of someone doing it.

[No. 12]

The Pacers

[legacyinthemakin89c]

Maybe he has asthma? I guarantee the league has looked into things like that. Does Kobe look like uses steroids?

[panacea]

Maybe he has asthma? I guarantee the league has looked into things like that. Does Kobe look like uses steroids?

Many inhalers (for asthma) contain steroids. Mine did.

[Cevap]

didn't Lindsay Hunter get suspended 10 days because he took some diet pills from his wife and they contained a banned substance?




LOL

[candy for lunch]

Corticosteroids are not anabolic steroids.

[panacea]

Corticosteroids are not anabolic steroids.

But they don't have the ability to enhance performance? I don't know if I agree with that....

[Texas Longhorns]

That's how Kobe does it!

[Scatocephalus]

Not all steroids make you big and strong. Many actually are designed to shrink swelling such as swollen air pathways to the lungs and would be counterproductive to enhancing performance.

And not all inhalers contain corticosteroids. Some contain stimulants such as albuterol, a stimulant that can give you an extra burst of energy much like ephedra or amphetimine. Using such a substance would give a tired player an advantage. These are the illegal inhalers.

I'm sure that the NBA includes amphetimines in their drug testing regimen which would ferret out illegal inhalers.

[Stinko Malenko]

Maybe he just has asthma...

[Scatocephalus]

Maybe he just has asthma...

Some asthma inhalers contain banned substances such as the aforementioned albuterol.

[robbe]

70% of all professional cyclists have asthma. Probably a coincidence though.

[3pt %]

Hey, Ive actually got asthma and don't don't take use the inhaler as much as I should....

This needs to change, especially before all basketball games.

[Stinko Malenko]

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Some asthma inhalers contain banned substances such as the aforementioned albuterol.

I know, but I'm sure there's an exceptions rule for legit medicines like that. What else is Kobe suppose to do, have an asthma attack and die?

[wigglestrue]

Not all steroids make you big and strong. Many actually are designed to shrink swelling such as swollen air pathways to the lungs and would be counterproductive to enhancing performance.

Seeing how basketball is primarily an aerobic sport...
Don't you think that could enhance performance?

And not all inhalers contain corticosteroids. Some contain stimulants such as albuterol, a stimulant that can give you an extra burst of energy much like ephedra or amphetimine. Using such a substance would give a tired player an advantage. These are the illegal inhalers.

I'm sure that the NBA includes amphetimines in their drug testing regimen which would ferret out illegal inhalers.

So basically, any inhaler enhances aerobic performance?
Either via more lung capacity or energy?

[GJense4181]

Not allowing inhalers is like preventing a player from taking painkillers. Or undergoing therapy.
Dumb.

[wigglestrue]

It's about what's in the inhalers and whether or not the player needs it.