What banned substances did Karo Parisyan test positive for and when will he be back in the octagon?

Question

I think he last fought at UFC 94. Also I heard he started having panic attacks and generalized anxiety issues. Do you think he'll ever be as bad as he used to be.

Answer 1

Karo did have panic attacks that forced the UFC to have a back-up fighter on standby for his fight against Kim. But it had nothing to do with what he was suspended for.



Karo tested positive for 3 differnt strong pain killers: hydrocodone, hydromorphone and oxymorphone. He failed to tell the Athletic Commission that he had a perscription or was taking the drugs. He had a perscription for a pain killer called Norco (althought there are a lot of question surrounding if a legitimate doctor would perscribe such a strong opiate based pain killers for a hamstring injury that occured years before as Karo claimed - but that isn't the reason he was suspended). He also admitted that the night before the fight he took some Percocet a friend offered him (another perscription drug and he didn't have a perscription for it).



Karo had extremely high levels of the pain killers in his blood (3551 ng/ml of oxymorphone and 4654 ng/ml of hydrocodone). The AC felt that this meant his pain was masked during his fight. And to the poster above, if you don't feel pain in a fight, yes that is an unfair advantage that will aid your performance.



Karo was suspended for 9 months and will be back in the octagon in November at UFC 106 against Dustin Hazellett

Answer 2

He had taken some prescription painkillers for injuries he had, but didn't report them to the athletic comission like he should have. So he got in trouble. Of course, taking painkillers doesn't give you any sort of competitive advantage come fighttime, but by the commission's thinking, they're stilI illegal.



I don't think he got into any trouble as a result of any anxiety meds he was taking, but regardless, the athletic commissions wouldn't be sympathetic to such medications being found in his bloodstream either.



I don't know when he'll be back. Depression and anxiety are serious medical conditions, and unfortunately a lot of the athletic commissions don't realize that some people require medications in order to function as their normal selves.



I like Karo. He's not my fave fighter, but he''s produced some exciting fights.

Answer 3

THE ANSWER SAYS IT ALL - PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS ( I BELIEVE VICODIN AND OXYCONTIN +1) THAT WERE PRESCRIBED BY HIS DOCTOR AND WOULD HAVE BEEN OK, IF HAD TOLD THE COMMISSION BEFORE HAND - I THINK 9 MONTHS SUSPENSION IS WHAT HE GOT - THAT'S FUNNY 3 THUMBS DOWN, I DID NOT CUT AND PASTE MY ANSWER FROM THE INTERNET, I WENT OFF OF ACTUAL MEMORY - 3 THUMBS DOWN = 3 PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYWAY