Interest of hair tests to discriminate a tail end of a doping regimen from a possible contamination in case of challenging an anti‐doping rule violation. V. Case reports involving trimetazidine, a drug where the concentration after a single 20 mg dose has been established
Pascal Kintz,
Alice Ameline,
Laurie Gheddar
Abstract:The identification of trimetazidine, a medicine used for treating stable angina pectoris and for preventing angina attacks, has been recently observed in doping cases involving high profile athletes from various countries over the world. In all the files where the authors have been involved, the urine concentration of trimetazidine was low (<2 ng/mL), and the athletes argued that contamination was the source of their adverse analytical finding. It is possible to challenge imposed sanctions in relation to an… Show more
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