They use it to cheat. Big scandals in professional cycling because of EPO. That’s mainly what brought down Lance Armstrong.
Oh Ok, now it makes sense. Thank you.
I was thinking no way would it be used unless a cyclist had fallen over and passed out. But even then this agent is rather exotic so ordinarily I thought an O2 mask would be brought to the scene by paramedics or other first responders.
But still good to know about the result with the 80 year old. He sounded really really sick when brought in. Both Raoult and Zelenko lost very elderly patients but not more than you can count on the fingers of one hand. Still, in such cases, Docs can use rhEPO as an alternative once the numbers come in and put everyone concerned at ease.