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  • Mercy
    Registered User
    • Jul 2005
    • 35324
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    Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

    Hill was one of eight former players who filed a class-action lawsuit in May, claiming the NFL illegally issued drugs without prescriptions or warnings about their side effects, mainly to boost profits.

    Former Bills defensive end Marcellus Wiley joined the lawsuit, claiming painkillers he took while playing for the San Diego Chargers led to kidney problems. Another ex-Bill, receiver Roscoe Parrish, also has jumped on board.

    http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/pushing-drugs-in-the-nfl-locker-room-20140906


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  • Ingtar33
    Dances With Buffaloes
    • Sep 2002
    • 15475
    #2
    Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

    technically tylenol/acetaminophen will give you kidney problems if you're given too much of it. And they mix oxycodone with tylenol/acetaminophen to make Percocet... which is perhaps one of the most abused and abundant prescription pain killers out there. Heck go to a hospital and tell them you're in pain and they'll pump you full of the stuff. I have plantar fascitis (basically a bone spur on my heel) and when i was diagnosed the doctor wouldn't let me leave the office without a prescription for Percocet (which ended up going into the trash... i've taken that crap once, all i needed to know i'd never take it again). I've counseled a number of my players about the dangers of prescription pain killers. But i know they get abused roundly in college and pro football.
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    • pmoon6
      Legendary Zoner
      • Dec 2002
      • 21476
      #3
      Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

      Good luck to the players lawyers proving it. Looks like a money play by the players hoping the NFL settles to avoid publicity.

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      • Mercy
        Registered User
        • Jul 2005
        • 35324
        #4
        Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

        Originally posted by Ingtar33 View Post
        technically tylenol/acetaminophen will give you kidney problems if you're given too much of it. And they mix oxycodone with tylenol/acetaminophen to make Percocet... which is perhaps one of the most abused and abundant prescription pain killers out there. Heck go to a hospital and tell them you're in pain and they'll pump you full of the stuff. I have plantar fascitis (basically a bone spur on my heel) and when i was diagnosed the doctor wouldn't let me leave the office without a prescription for Percocet (which ended up going into the trash... i've taken that crap once, all i needed to know i'd never take it again). I've counseled a number of my players about the dangers of prescription pain killers. But i know they get abused roundly in college and pro football.
        What do they give them that lets them play after breaking/tearing things? Like when they come back out after halftime and are suddenly all better?
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        • k-oneputt
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          • Jun 2009
          • 7132
          #5
          Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

          Jim Kelly would look like superman coming back after halftime.

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          • Ingtar33
            Dances With Buffaloes
            • Sep 2002
            • 15475
            #6
            Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

            Originally posted by mercyrule View Post
            What do they give them that lets them play after breaking/tearing things? Like when they come back out after halftime and are suddenly all better?
            typically a local anesthetic. those are always delivered as shots and are very temporary. Cortisone can be used on joints (knee mostly) and it will work for a while... that's a nice anti-inflammatory... but it does nothing for the joint itself. Overall, at least in my program we don't let players come back if they need a shot to come back. But i know other programs are much less discriminate about their player's health.
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            • Ingtar33
              Dances With Buffaloes
              • Sep 2002
              • 15475
              #7
              Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

              You do not dope players up on oxycodone and let them play football. that will get someone killed. Those types of painkillers are often given to players after a game~
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              • Fletch
                Registered User
                • May 2007
                • 3166
                #8
                Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

                Originally posted by Ingtar33 View Post
                technically tylenol/acetaminophen will give you kidney problems if you're given too much of it. And they mix oxycodone with tylenol/acetaminophen to make Percocet... which is perhaps one of the most abused and abundant prescription pain killers out there. Heck go to a hospital and tell them you're in pain and they'll pump you full of the stuff. I have plantar fascitis (basically a bone spur on my heel) and when i was diagnosed the doctor wouldn't let me leave the office without a prescription for Percocet (which ended up going into the trash... i've taken that crap once, all i needed to know i'd never take it again). I've counseled a number of my players about the dangers of prescription pain killers. But i know they get abused roundly in college and pro football.
                All drugs have side effects. The FDA (government) is in bed with the big corporate pharmaceutical syndicate and never looks at enough information prior to check-marking drugs as being OK for the populace. Then years later we see them telling us that it's harmful.

                The problem is that people trust that what the FDA say is word. All drugs have side effects, including immunizations.

                It's quite likely that taking painkillers in an extended manner can cause a variety of internal issues. Back then less info was available, today there's tons despite the fact that most of it is ignored by the mainstream establishment. People, athletes or not, have to do their own homework.

                The problem is that these guys aren't getting paid $300K anymore, they get paid millions, even the most marginal players get paid 7 figures. With that more is expected.
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                Originally Posted by pmoon6
                The idea that you "won't settle" presumes that you have some kind of control. Delusional thinking at best for a supposed fan of a spectators' sport. Your way to deal with it is to constantly ***** and denigrate any move, any result concerning the team even if it's positive because you don't want your whittle feewings hurt again. It's a protection mechanism.

                You shroud your childish approach in a vale of pompous, intellectual garbage in an attempt to look smart and "real". You over-analyze even minute points and manipulate statistics to fit your negative view of the team. Again, to feel good about yourself and to protect from getting hurt.

                Of course, the criticisms are obviously from someone who has no understanding of the team concept or what it takes to excel at athletics.

                The true "realist" understands that they have no control of what happens on the field or behind the closed doors at One Bills' Drive, so they do the prudent thing for a spectator. They enjoy the games on Sunday with family and friends, cheer for their team and realize that it's just entertainment.
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                "I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said Thursday on NFL Network's Total Access. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board."

                "We are committed. I want you to believe me when I say that," Whaley said of building around the second-year quarterback, per The Buffalo News. "I always tell you guys that I'll never say never because I don't want to paint myself in a corner, but when I do say something, I do it and I mean it and I try to fulfill it."

                "We believe the addition of Sammy is going to be instant impact, not only to our quarterback, but to what our offensive coordinator can come up with game-plan wise and how defenses attack us," Whaley said.

                Whaley on EJ Manuel: "We think we got a gem in this guy." (2:30)

                "And as Mark says, if in three years maybe he's not [our quarterback of the future], then I'll be sitting there saying 'hey guys', .... anybody got a job for me?" - Doug Whaley

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                • Historian
                  2020-2023 AFC East Champions!
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 61897
                  #9
                  Re: Pushing drugs in the NFL locker room

                  I believe every word of it.

                  Ever see North Dallas Forty?

                  It's based on Peter Gent's book.

                  Add to that the rules were more liberal about hits out of bounds, etc, and the advent of astroturf, as opposed to real grass.

                  Only 26 teams. Players had no rights back then.

                  Think of some of the Bills we lost very young. All athletes in prime condition:

                  Tom Braxton
                  Tom Sestak
                  John Tracy
                  Bob Chandler
                  Dean Prater
                  Kent Hull

                  It's a long list.
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