Odds and Sods

Mike Cameron thinks he has post-concussion syndrome, stemming from an ugly collision in 2005. To cope with his condition, he has applied for a “therapeutic exemption” to use amphetamines this season – after receiving a 25-game suspension for a second failed amphetamines test.

It should arouse suspicion that Cameron came to this realization three years after the incident.

What should arouse even more suspicion is that amphetamines are not used to treat PCS. There is no specific pharmacological treatment for PCS.

Google post-concussion syndrome and amphetamines. You get a number of articles about Mike Cameron.

Drugs are only prescribed to combat side-effects from the illness, like depression, dizziness or nausea.

What are Cameron’s side effects three years after the fact? Fatigue and lack of concentration? And is that not a normal side-effect of say – playing a 162 game baseball season?

I suppose that his previous usage was self-medication for his condition as well.