MLB hopes to have blood test for HGH next season

Updated 9h 27m ago

By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

 

Major League Baseball, declaring its drug-testing program is stronger than even the Olympics' curriculum, hopes to have a blood test available next season that will catch players using human growth hormone.

 

"We're cautiously optimistic," said Gary Green, a UCLA doctor and consultant for MLB. "Talking to the commissioner (Bud Selig), if the test becomes widely available, he certainly would be in favor of getting that implemented."

 

The blood test, developed under the oversight of the World Anti-Doping Agency, was used on a limited basis in the 2004 and '06 Olympics. Now it will be available for mass use within months, said Olivier Rabin, WADA director of science. "This is great news," he said, "because we strongly believe that human growth hormone is abused in sports."

 

Use of the blood test would have to be collectively bargained with the MLB players union, which did not want to publicly comment.

 

"If there is a valid blood test," MLB spokesman Rich Levin said, "I'm sure baseball will consider it."

 

The NFL said it is not aware of the test. Union chief Gene Upshaw said he is opposed to blood testing: "There's no way I'm having my guys punched for a blood test every time they walk into a locker room."

 

If the HGH test kits are developed by December, Green said, it could take several months for MLB to ensure their accuracy.

 

Rob Manfred, MLB's chief labor lawyer, says baseball's policy is the best in American sports because of its stringent standards in detecting testosterone. But Gary Wadler, a leading expert, says MLB falls short in the frequency of tests and scope of banned substances.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/20...lood-test_N.htm

 

The Players' Association is backed into a corner now. If they reject it, Congress will likely step in again.

how long is hgh detectable in your blood?

 

If it's for a long time (which I'd assume), going to be funny seeing half the players get suspended and replacement players being brought in.

how long is hgh detectable in your blood?

 

If it's for a long time (which I'd assume), going to be funny seeing half the players get suspended and replacement players being brought in.

Well, another thing that people forget about hGH is that it can be used to mask steroid use - which is a much bigger deal IMHO.

just a note, it's actually hGH, and it can stay in the blood for up to two weeks after the last injection.

 

but i think hGH is going to be a huge battle soon, unlike roids, this thing actually builds muscle. and for harrison, it doesn't really benefit people with diabetes, in fact, it can induce type 2 diabetes.

I was watching one of those Morgan Spurlock "30 Days" things and they did something on a guy who went on an anti-aging regiment. It basically consisted of vitamins and hGH injections. The process sent him down a path towards sterility.

just a note, it's actually hGH, and it can stay in the blood for up to two weeks after the last injection.

 

You're the only moron person on planet Earth to have the first H in lower case.

 

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search

just a note, it's actually hGH, and it can stay in the blood for up to two weeks after the last injection.

 

You're the only moron person on planet Earth to have the first H in lower case.

 

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search

:lol

 

[insert snotty Professor's voice here]mmmmActually, this is not a derivative of a human pituitary gland therefore, the hormone being addressed here is a somatropin or biosynthetic groth hormone abbreviated as "rhGH."

 

Mmmmm Thank you.

 

:mischief

Even then she still didn't spell it right.

just a note, it's actually hGH, and it can stay in the blood for up to two weeks after the last injection.

 

You're the only moron person on planet Earth to have the first H in lower case.

 

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search

 

then you have alot of morons scientists to answer to. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?client=f...sa=N&tab=ws

just a note, it's actually hGH, and it can stay in the blood for up to two weeks after the last injection.

 

You're the only moron person on planet Earth to have the first H in lower case.

 

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search

 

then you have alot of morons scientists to answer to. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?client=f...sa=N&tab=ws

Ouch. This is epic!

Since the mid-1990s the abbreviation HGH has begun to carry paradoxical connotations, and now rarely refers to real GH used for indicated purposes.

Who cares really, its not as if the hundreds of posts on here or every instance in the media of it typed in all caps makes it hard for one to determine what is being talked about.

 

Retarded.

Since the mid-1990s the abbreviation HGH has begun to carry paradoxical connotations, and now rarely refers to real GH used for indicated purposes.

Who cares really, its not as if the hundreds of posts on here or every instance in the media of it typed in all caps makes it hard for one to determine what is being talked about.

 

Retarded.

 

thanks for clearing that up. hgh, hGH, HGH, it's all the same. looks like it's hGH in science and research, and HGH for black market stuff. it's all of little relevance to the real issue here, which is the testing. how many days notice will the players get before they get blood tested anyway? because if it's less than 11-14 days, they are in big trouble.

Since the mid-1990s the abbreviation HGH has begun to carry paradoxical connotations, and now rarely refers to real GH used for indicated purposes.

Who cares really, its not as if the hundreds of posts on here or every instance in the media of it typed in all caps makes it hard for one to determine what is being talked about.

 

Retarded.

 

Ding.

 

(BTW furcalchick with a post that actually took some thought process to type. That is some progress.)

There shouldn't be any warning for players.

I've always wondered if I injected hGH, HGH into my nut sack would I grow a 3rd ball?

I have to agree that it would be a very bad move for the players to fight HGH testing. It's bad enough that it took close to a decade to get regular steroid testing thanks to the Players' Union.

http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/ind...ther-should-you

 

Doesn't really have to do with anything in this conversation, still interesting.

I've always wondered if I injected hGH, HGH into my nut sack would I grow a 3rd ball?

No, your balls would implode upon themselves pulling mr winky with them until you were left with nothing but a vagina and clitoris.