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Totally not enough to interpret, unless you're Rex Ryan.

I hope he is telling the truth, but the unquestioning homerism is strong ITT considering the monumental personal and organizational f*ckup that got Spikes to this point in the middle of a playoff run. I 100% defended the guy's internet sexscapades because that was hilarious and harmless, but...

But it's the same test, isn't it? If he wasn't taking the meds back then it means it's a recent prescription. Don't they tell you all about banned substances at the rookie symposium? How the h3ll does he not tell the team? Why didn't he go to team doctors? I mean, it's mind-boggling.

A nice, pat explanation for a professional NFL player on a team that emphasized professionalism and accountability innocently consuming a banned substance? Merriman had a really logical explanation, too. In his case it was a tainted supplement, and there are known cases where this could be...

Why didn't Spikes piss dirty at the combine? I don't know if he has ADHD or not, but if he does I would think that it would have come out sooner. For the record, I hope he really does have ADHD and it was just a mistake. Unfortunately, signs don't seem to point that way.

Here's a decent, balanced article on the subject. For people without ADHD there can be significant benefit to using adderall. I don't know if Spikes has ADHD, but I think that if he does, he would have talked about it at the combine and that teams, including the Patriots, would have known and...

Yeah, as in more than 1 milligram.

It can help you make faster decisions and increase focus. There's no question that is a competitive benefit.

Even if he doesn't he can find a doctor who says he does pretty easily. Wouldn't mean much. What I don't get is why this didn't turn up at the combine tests and interviews? Seems to poke a hole in the...

In the National Football League, New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley served a four-game suspension when the 2009 NFL regular season began because he tested positive for the banned stimulant. The Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick received a four-game suspension as a result of using...

Hurf durf. No way do I know what ADHD is. :ugh: That's a great excuse. Except of course it doesn't work in the NFL. This is Spikes fault plain and simple, and to a certain degree the Patriots' fault for not reiterating to the players that ANY PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE NEED TO BE CLEARED. Even...

Disagree. The league has suspended players before for ADHD medicine, so why would Spikes be different? You've got to get it OK'd with the league if you're going to take a medicine that the league suspends people for. Period.

If it is you get it cleared with the league up front. There's no reason to go hiding something like this considering the NFL has a history of suspending people for adderall. If you don't get it cleared, of course you're going to get popped unless you're peeing somebody else's urine.

This is actually way less responsible than even the cold medicine excuse. There's no way an NFL player should not clear a prescription medicine with the league/team doctors. Unless he's hiding something. Come on, Spikes. What are you thinking? :ugh: There's already a good history of people...

My bad. Sorry. The point is that there are a lot of substances on that list for a lot of damned reasons. A lot of OTCs are MAs, and a lot are actually considered PEDs. See my earlier post on the pseudoephedrine angle. OTCs may look innocent, but they are not. If you guys want nuts, check...

This is essentially brand new (first used this year) and there are some questions about its effectiveness. It's also a blood test, there is no urine test.

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True. I don't really know what chemical he got popped for. The point is that they are banned for a reason. I would like to believe this. To be honest I don't know. I would never have expected Rodney to cheat. Yup.

Sure. I'm with you on that. We'll probably never know, unless he gets popped again. You were doing all right until this. I never drew a conclusion about Spikes. In fact, I like the guy and hoped he was just smoking pot. :bricks:

As for cold medicines, pseudoepehdrine is considered a stimulant. It's also used in the manufacture of meth and that's why it's sold from behind the counter in the pharmacy now. It's sold under the brand name of sudafed, a common cold medicine. Yeah, I can see why it'd be banned.