AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG MEDICAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Therapeutic approvals for banned substances

ASDMAC provides approval for the therapeutic use of prohibited substances
to athletes where:

  • their national sporting organisation's anti-doping policy allows for (or permits) the athlete to seek approval to use a medication prohibited in sport for a legitimate therapeutic purpose
  • there is no alternative and permitted therapeutic substance available that could
    be prescribed to treat the athlete's medical condition, and
  • there is no evidence that a performance enhancement effect will be gained
    by the athlete through the use of the substance.

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