British Journal of Sports Medicine 2008;42:946-947
EDITORIALS
Why glucocorticoids ought to be kept on the World Antidoping Agency’s list of banned products
1 French Tennis Federation, Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
2 Department of Sports Medicine and Functional Examinations, CHU Gabriel Montpied and Human Nutrition Laboratory, Université d’Auvergne I, Clermont Ferrand, France
Dr M Duclos, University Hospital (CHU) Clermont-Ferrand, Hôspital G. Montpied, Department of Sport Medicine and Functional Explorations, 58 rue Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France; mduclos@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Accepted 10 September 2008
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Certain international sports federations are requesting that glucocorticoids (GCs) should be removed from the World Antidoping Agency (WADA)’s list of banned products. Their arguments are based on the fact that GCs are in widespread use in sports medicine and have no demonstrated ergogenic activity. We will show that, although their ergogenic activity may be difficult to detect, it is real and the use of corticosteroids poses a real danger to athletes’ health. We consider that this class of product should remain on the WADA’s list of banned products.
ERGOGENIC ACTIVITY
There is nothing in the literature to support the hypothesis that there is any relationship between performance and corticosteroid use in humans, but this is explained by the fact that little work has been done on this question and that the work that has been done has been based on inappropriate tests. In consequence, the data available do not necessarily mean that
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