Zitat:It transpires players were alerted to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s updated prohibited list on multiple occasions, from Dec 3 all the way through to Dec 29.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration said it would neither confirm nor deny whether it was investigating if Sharapova or her doctor had broken the law by bringing meldonium – also known as mildronate – into the country. But a spokesperson added: “It is illegal for consumers to import unapproved drugs into the US.”

Zitat:For us to be dogmatic about some medicine's effects, we need what are called Level I studies in humans, and to be really certain we need what is termed an A recommendation, which requires multiple Level I studies. Everything else is anecdotal evidence. I am so tired of all these meds being called PEDs with no evidence. You give athletes sugar pulls and tell them its stanazolol and they will perform better, I assure you.

It is very difficult to prove medical effects with certainty. See the studies by John Ioannidis, preferably the one on "Why most medical studies are wrong" to see how difficult it is. Yet, PED can be declared that based on anecdotal evidence - "Oh, a bunch of the athletes take them." Believe me, they have no clue.

Zitat:I am so tired of all these meds being called PEDs with no evidence. You give athletes sugar pulls and tell them its stanazolol and they will perform better, I assure you.