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https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/science-medical/therapeutic-use-exemptions
Athletes may have illnesses or conditions that require them to take particular medications.
If the medication an athlete is required to take to treat an illness or condition happens to fall under the Prohibited List, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) may give that athlete the authorization to take the needed medicine.
So WADA have incorporated a vehicle into their procedures to accommodate athletes who are taking drugs that are on the banned list. I'm pretty sure if she had a TUE we'd have heard about it by now and I'm equally sure that if the medicine in question is not approved outside of the Eastern Bloc then you won't be getting a TUE anytime soon. And surely she'd have been drug tested before, and therefore declared this legitimately prescribed medication on the paperwork, just as I would if I was being D & A tested at work, so there must be a record of it somewhere.
For a professional athlete who depends on her health for a living and probably has the pick of the world's sports doctors and support networks available to her this really does seem to have been incredibly badly handled. Or the story is just a load of old pony.
Athletes may have illnesses or conditions that require them to take particular medications.
If the medication an athlete is required to take to treat an illness or condition happens to fall under the Prohibited List, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) may give that athlete the authorization to take the needed medicine.
So WADA have incorporated a vehicle into their procedures to accommodate athletes who are taking drugs that are on the banned list. I'm pretty sure if she had a TUE we'd have heard about it by now and I'm equally sure that if the medicine in question is not approved outside of the Eastern Bloc then you won't be getting a TUE anytime soon. And surely she'd have been drug tested before, and therefore declared this legitimately prescribed medication on the paperwork, just as I would if I was being D & A tested at work, so there must be a record of it somewhere.
For a professional athlete who depends on her health for a living and probably has the pick of the world's sports doctors and support networks available to her this really does seem to have been incredibly badly handled. Or the story is just a load of old pony.
