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Originally posted by Qwerty1234
1. Even if her family doctor gave it to her, she would mention it to other physicians treating her. Anyone with sense (and nothing to hide) would do so. First thing doctors ask you is; well what medications are you currently taking? Since she has allll these issues that required 10 year long use of a drug, you'd think she'd mention it.
And it's so weird that she's been living in the USA since she was 7 but somehow got prescribed a medicine BANNED in the country while there are perfectly legal alternatives available in the US for all the health issues she claims she has.
2. It's not a multivitamin, it's a drug. Like, let's not pretend. And the fact that multiple Russians have been caught using it now shows that athletes were using it to gain an advantage. I doubt every single one has "heart problems, and risk of diabetes" that they would rather treat with an over the counter drug instead of much better medicine out there specifically approved to threat those issues and not some "multivitamin"! 
3. Where did I say all Russians are cheaters? Lol. And she was obviously hiding it as to not tarnish her world wide image. It might be fine and dandy in Russia but she knew she'd face criticism worldwide. |
How would telling her Russian doctor tarnish her world wide image? Does her Russian doctor have a direct pipeline to the press? What about patient confidentiality?
You really haven't thought this through.
Where have you said that Russians are cheaters? Refer to the above, where you mention that multiple Russians have been caught using it, implying that they are using it to cheat. First of all, it wasn't even illegal until the 1st of January this year. Many of them probably didn't know it was even banned, much like the situation Sharapova is in now. Why would dopers knowingly take an illegal substance that anti-doping agencies are testing specifically for? Even if you believe those athletes are guilty of doping, that doesn't incriminate Sharapova; please don't make sweeping generalizations about a whole nationality. There is a reason these things are viewed on a case-by-case basis. To conflate one's place of origin and the guilt of other countrymen and women as evidence of another individual's supposed culpability goes against all definitions of legality, ethics, and morality, not to mention common sense.
Meldonium/Mildonate is not even banned in the US, contrary to your post; it just isn't FDA-approved. This means nothing when you take into account many American doctors will still recommend non-FDA-approved drugs as possibly alternatives due to the quirks of the approval system. Many drugs are approved in Canada but not in the U.S., and vice versa. And people will associate its approval in Russia as a symptom of its supposed lax standards, but this medicine is also sold in the European Union.
Took a drug* that's not even obtainable in the US for 10 years while its supposed to be used for 6 weeks at the most and then have the nerve to claim it was because she had a health issue. Liar. Ban her.
My anti-Serena tirade is caught. Forgive me 
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They just copied the headline from another article by an Australian tabloid. The article gives away nothing 
