Someone commented that testosterone would not really produce an 'overnight' performance enhancing response. Taking testosterone or steroids would help build up muscle mass over the long term, but the effect would show up in months, not hours. There are other drugs that have an immediate affect, but they work entirely differntly in the body.
So why would Landis take testosterone after a poor performance in order to boost his performance trhe following day? It makes no sense. He wouldn't get a benefit in performance.
Something does not make sense here.
The question is:
Testosterone is a unique chemical compound. God only made one. What is synthetic testosterone????
also the level would not drop to normal the day after. when these guys dope the level would not be normal one day, abnormal the next, and normal the day after. something does not smell right in this situation.
Landis has been approved to use cortisone shots for his bad hip joint. Since urine tests only test for metabolytes of hormones, the cortisone shots could appear as a synthetic substance they claim is coming from abusing testosterone, which, as you have heard correctly would not help immediately much less provide the amazing gutsy performance that put him back into 1st place.