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by Chris Mottram • Oct 24, 2008 3:15 PM EDT
Oh, the Saints are soooo gonna be in trouble with The Commish when they get back from England:
New Orleans Saints' Deuce McAllister and Will Smith have reportedly tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy as a result of taking water pills to lose weight, according to FOX 31 out of Denver.Water pills? Not exactly the HGH scandal that rocked Major League Baseball. I’m not familiar with water pills, so naturally I turned to Wikipedia, which is basically like consulting the smartest medical professionals in the universe, but free. And what say Wiki? This:A highly-placed NFL source told the television station there have been "a rash of positive tests" for NFL players. "There are about six to ten overall positive tests. Three to four of them are from the Saints organization alone including McAllister and Smith," the source said.
The number of players who tested positive is more than 10 and may exceed 15, two sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Diuretics [medical speak for “water pills”] are often abused by sufferers of eating disorders, especially bulimics, in attempts at weight loss.Kids these days, with their pee pills. I remember the good old days when we used to just stick a toothbrush down our throats in order to fit into our skinny jeans.
I’m kidding, of course. Bulimia is a very serious disease, which is why I have reported the entire Saints locker room to A&E's Intervention. Jeff VanVonderen ain’t nothin’ to mess with.
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All the people at the drug testing facility were worried when Deuce dropped off his drug test, until he explained that it’s his first name.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Oct 24, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions
Bulimic, no. Perhaps bullimic.
The reason the water pills are on the list is because they can be used as making agents for other things caught by a piss test. The more water the less high the concentration of other chemicals.
by dstadler55 on Oct 24, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
Bulimic, no. Perhaps bullimic.
The reason the water pills are on the list is because they can be used as making agents for other things caught by a piss test. The more water the less high the concentration of other chemicals.
by dstadler55 on Oct 24, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
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