Credeur Fight Cancelled -- Tests Positive for Adderall
by Kid Nate on Jun 22, 2008 12:01 AM EDT
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Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale was unexpectedly pared from 11 down to 10 bouts at the last minute when Tim Credeur was not allowed to fight. He was scheduled to face Cale Yarbrough at The Palms in Las Vegas.
The fight was scrapped by the Nevada State Athletic Commission when traces of the prescription drug Adderall were found in a pre-fight drug test administered to Credeur according to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Credeur informed that commission before Friday’s weigh-ins that he had been taking the drug up until about five days ago. He was voluntarily subjected to a drug test following the weigh-ins and traces of the drug appeared in his system.
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I don't understand
Can someone explain why a fighter would take a banned substance until 5 days before the fight. I’d like to hear what tim has to say. Did he just find out it was banned? Why take it at all if you know it’s banned? I don’t get it.
He takes Adderall as prescribed by a doctor for ADD. Apparently Adderall is dangerous to have in your system during a fight because it is a cardiovascular restrictor and could cause cadiac arrest or something like that. So he has to stop taking it before the fight so that it is not in his system at all.
Exactly.
It isn’t a PED, it is simply risky to fight on it and no AC wants that liability.
There is not going to be any punishment outside of the canceled fight.
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Technically
It is an amphetamine, and is commonly abused for the weight loss that comes from decreased appetite and increased metabolism. You could think of it as a poor-man’s weight-cutting steroid. It’s basically pharmaceutical speed, though admittedly mild.
Also, it’s commonly prescribed for narcolepsy, so if Tim doesn’t have ADD, he could have been worried about going to sleep in the ring. :-)
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones
I take Adderall
And I’d like to hear some clarification from the NSAC regarding why this drug is allegedly dangerous. I also take a huge dose and have never had any sort of cardiovascular or respiratory problems.
by Luke Thomas on Jun 22, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't Adderall have different affects
on a person who takes it on a daily basis for medical reasons, rather than a person who was actually using it for an “edge?” Kind of like a recreational user of POT compared to a “pothead”
And was he not on the drug during the taping of the show? Did he inform anyone prior to telling the NSAC? Not that any of that matters, i’m just curious why he wasn’t more prepared for the news he wouldn’t be able to fight if the drug was still in his system.
all you gotta do is...
Actually
That’s sort of the magic of all ADHD medicines: you’re taking speed, but if you have the condition, it makes your body slow down. Part of the diagnostic process for ADHD is a screening questionnaire (“Do you get distracted a lot?”) but really, if you take the meds and don’t act like an over-caffeinated hamster, you’ve got the condition.
There are still some side effects: my daughter is thinner than she otherwise would be by a smidge (all the girls in her family are skinny in their teen years thought) and when we tried Ritalin with my son*, the doctor warned that after years of use he might turn out to be a fraction of an inch shorter.
- He was on it for 1 day before it started giving him hallucinations: my late wife kissed him on the forehead and he started screaming that she had stolen his eyes while trying to reach under his eyelids and pull them out of the sockets.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones
Let’s hope for 2 things:
1- The UFC gives Tim a shot. He’s a great representative of the sport and I’d like to see him have a career i nthe UFC.
2- Tim’s doctor works a plan for him to control whatever ails him while allowing him to fight, so better course so he can pass the next AC drug test before a scheduled fight.
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