Thursday, January 8, 2009

James Irvin - Positive for Methadone and Oxymorphone

Written by: Mat Houchens

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 16:35
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James Irvin
Despite other blog posts that stated all fighters of UFN 14 had clean tests, James Irvin tested positive for methadone and oxymorphone according to the NSAC’s urine analysis.

I understand the oxymorphone as it’s used to treat pain relief and looking at that eye in the picture above, that’s a good reason to have taken some oxymorphone after the fight.  However, methadone is typically used to treat addictions to pills or other narcotics.

From Wikipedia:

synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic, antitussive and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients on opioids.

This is a bit confusing on why Irvin would be testing positive for methadone.  Either way, neither of the two items that Irvin tested positive for are approved by the NACS.

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One Response to “James Irvin - Positive for Methadone and Oxymorphone”

  1. zenith said on Thursday, July 31, 2008, 9:01

    Methadone is used as a pain reliever as well–usually for moderate to severe pain.

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