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Sports Doctors May Accidentally Prescribe Banned Steroids

Lisa Rapaport  |  

Athletes should make sure they understand anti-doping rules and ask their doctors about any needed exemptions for medicines used during competition, Dr. Duclos, who wasn’t involved in the study, says by email.

“Corticosteroids can be used in sport for legitimate therapeutic reasons,” Dr. Duclos says. “The value of systemic glucocorticoids is recognized in the treatment of many medical conditions common in athletes such as exacerbations of asthma, sinusitis, musculoskeletal injuries, acute allergic reactions and inflammatory bowel disease.”

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Reference

  1. Hughes D, Vlahovich N, Welvaert M, et al. Glucocorticoid prescribing habits of sports medicine physicians working in high-performance sport: A 30-nation survey. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Feb 5. pii: bjsports-2019-101175. [Epub ahead of print]

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