MORE and more athletes may be taking insulin to boost their performance
illegally, Â鶹´«Ã½ has learned. Insulin is almost impossible to
detect using dope tests. Worse still, the hormone could kill if wrongly
administered.
Doctors in Britain are increasingly worried by anecdotal reports that
athletes are taking insulin, the life-saving drug used by many diabetics.
Bodybuilders pioneered the illegal use of insulin several years ago, but
evidence that the habit is spreading to other sports has remained sketchy.
Harder evidence that insulin is being abused in sport has now emerged from a
confidential needle exchange scheme for bodybuilders and…
