Painkiller injections common in college football

October 4, 2009

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The State (SC)

By Gene Sapakoff

"...Needles get stuck into Gamecocks, Clemson Tigers, Citadel Bulldogs and players from colleges all around the country every Saturday. It's not only Toradol, a brand-name painkiller and anti-inflammatory also known by the trade name Ketorolac. Marcaine (or the generic Bupivacaine) is an injectable drug used to numb specific body parts."

"Pain is an understood but under-reported part of college football. The use of painkiller injections is seldom discussed, and almost completely unmonitored by the NCAA. ..."

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