II. Techniques
- Blood Doping (Blood Boosting)
- Recombinent Erythropoietin (rEPO)
- Stimulates red cell mass
- Very expensive
- Same effect as Blood Doping
III. Adverse Effects
- Hypercoagulation risk may be fatal
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Cerebrovascular Accident
- Myocardial Infarction
- Eighteen deaths by European Cyclists who blood doped
- Transfusion Reaction
- Bloodbourne infection (including HIV)
IV. Efficacy
- Increases performance in endurance sports (e.g. long-distance cycling)
V. Detection
- Not detected, but banned by olympic committee 1984