Table 2 Reported medicaments and supplements per match in relation to the participating countries (average intake of one substance per match)
TeamNSAIDsInjected corticosteroidsInjected LAAnalgesicsβ2-AgonistsAntihistaminesInhaled corticosteroidsSupplementsSame doctor
WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006WC 2002/2006yes/no
A
    121.414.72.00.30.00.02.40.30.82.00.22.70.01.00.01.7y
    29.97.70.60.75.11.90.60.61.00.00.02.70.01.16.11.7y
    311.38.60.00.10.00.10.03.30.00.40.00.10.00.4135.0109.6y
    413.317.30.01.70.31.08.312.70.00.04.09.70.00.025.745.7y
    57.910.30.60.70.40.03.30.30.00.03.30.30.00.30.00.0y
    68.77.23.70.40.30.60.00.00.00.00.00.40.00.037.746.0y
    73.56.00.00.30.30.30.30.52.82.31.80.01.01.00.02.0y
    84.83.30.50.31.02.00.00.00.80.00.30.00.00.01.00.0y
    937.312.70.30.00.04.75.80.30.00.00.50.00.00.346.0162.3n
    100.533.30.00.00.00.00.00.80.00.00.00.00.00.065.062.5n
    117.67.20.00.00.00.02.01.00.00.00.10.80.00.00.91.8n
    124.810.00.00.00.00.00.40.41.00.00.01.00.00.20.00.0n
    1310.713.30.00.32.33.71.01.00.00.00.33.00.00.01.00.3n
    1410.51.90.31.61.31.30.00.00.00.00.00.60.00.30.00.0n
    155.04.50.80.00.20.00.40.00.00.00.00.30.00.062.251.5n
    163.04.30.00.00.00.10.01.30.00.60.00.30.00.40.00.0n
    173.04.30.00.00.00.00.00.30.00.00.00.00.00.030.732.3n
    183.34.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0n
    195.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.094.7n
    202.34.00.01.00.70.00.70.30.00.01.70.70.00.04.0208.3n
B
    112.4–0.1–0.3–0.9–0.0–1.7–0.019.7–
    215.0–0.7–1.3–0.3–0.0–0.0–0.024.3–
    314.7–0.7–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.051.0–
    410.3–0.0–0.0–0.5–1.0–0.0–0.00.3–
    59.8–0.0–0.0–0.8–0.0–0.0–0.00.5–
    65.2–0.0–0.0–0.8–0.0–0.0–0.00.4–
    77.3–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.00.3–
    86.3–0.0–0.0–1.0–1.0–0.3–3.746.7–
    94.5–5.3–1.3–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.00.0–
    105.3–0.0–0.0–0.3–0.0–0.0–0.043.3–
    112.7–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.00.3–
    122.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.00.0–
    13–9.5–0.3–0.3–0.8–0.0–2.5–0.0–0.0
    14–8.5–1.3–0.3–1.0–0.0–0.5–0.0–4.0
    15–7.8–0.0–0.0–0.3–1.0–1.0–1.3–0.0
    16–9.0–0.0–0.0–0.3–0.0–0.7–0.0–1.3
    17–9.0–1.7–0.0–2.0–1.7–3.0–2.0–4.0
    18–5.8–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–4.0
    19–6.3–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–5.0
    20–6.0–0.0–1.7–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–83.0
    21–5.3–1.3–0.3–0.3–0.7–0.3–0.7–7.0
    22–5.0–0.0–1.7–0.0–0.0–0.0–0.0–1.0
    23–3.7–0.0–0.0–0.7–0.7–0.7–0.0–0.0
    24–1.2–0.2–0.2–0.0–0.0–0.6–0.0–60.4

  • Teams A1–20 participated at FIFA World Cup 2002 and 2006, Teams B1–24 qualified only once.

  • LA, local anaesthetics.