In the middle of the NFL free agency signing period this month, the Washington Post and later Deadspin released details of a new lawsuit filed by former NFL players saying the league has a massive pain drug problem. The lawsuit claims NFL trainers were pumping players full of these drugs in violation of federal law and long-time Buffalo Bills trainer Bud Carpenter is quoted in the lawsuit.
“Bud Carpenter, the Bills’ long-time trainer, corroborated certain of the foregoing allegations at his deposition when he admitted under oath that he witnessed team doctors give players injections of prescription medication without telling them what the drug was they were receiving or its side effects, or for that matter, provide any related warnings and was not aware of anyone providing any warnings related to Toradol prior to 2010.