Froome's corticosteroid TUE - UCI favoritism or not?

[GaryvdM]

http://velonews.comp...steroids_331970

 

What's your opinion?

 

I have a question about the rules: Is there such a thing as a TUE that stipulates that a drug can be take out of competition, but not proceeding or during competition?

 

Edit: More in depth and insightful article: http://inrng.com/2014/06/jdd-uci-froome/

Edited June 15, 2014 by GaryvdM

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

It's a non issue. He needs it to allow his bronchioles to open up under stressful situations, like yours or mine would

[GaryvdM]

It's a non issue. He needs it to allow his bronchioles to open up under stressful situations, like yours or mine would

 

I think you are maybe referring to the issue of the Salbutamol inhaler. This is a different issue.

[GaryvdM]

The drug in question is Prednisolone.

 

Prednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid, a derivative of cortisol, which is used to treat a variety of inflammatory and auto-immune conditions. It is the active metabolite of the drug prednisone and is used especially in patients with hepatic failure, as these individuals are unable to metabolise prednisone into prednisolone.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prednisolone

Edited June 15, 2014 by GaryvdM

[fanievb]

Not to call out the trolls and/or feed them I think silwer might have been on to something in his pro cycling thread

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

I think you are maybe referring to the issue of the Salbutamol inhaler. This is a different issue.

Tx for the correction...

[Gen]

Aye aye aye.. another day another atricle.. soon Froome will be applying for a TUE for anti depressants.

 

 

 

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I think this says it all. Def still for his asthma.

 

Uses <collapse-section>

 

Prednisolone is a corticosteroid drug with predominant glucocorticoid and low mineralocorticoid activity, making it useful for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory and auto-immune conditions[2] such as asthma,[3] uveitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, pericarditis, temporal arteritis and Crohn's disease, Bell's palsy, multiple sclerosis,[4] cluster headaches, vasculitis, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and autoimmune hepatitis,[5] systemic lupus erythematosus, Kawasaki disease[6] and dermatomyositis. It is also used for treatment of sarcoidosis, though the mechanism is unknown.

[X-Man]

Because he's "British"

[GaryvdM]

I think this says it all. Def still for his asthma.

 

According to the article, it was for the treatment of his respiratory infection. The question is, if the infection is so bad that he needs a band substance, shouldn't he be sitting it out.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Because he's "British"

pretty much, I reckon. same thing happens for any non french ir Italian riders. They just cannot accept that another nation may have a better rider.

Because he's "British"

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

According to the article, it was for the treatment of his respiratory infection. The question is, if the infection is so bad that he needs a band substance, shouldn't he be sitting it out.

If the medication allowed him to ride, then why should he have to sit out when he was granted a TUE?

[GaryvdM]

If the medication allowed him to ride, then why should he have to sit out when he was granted a TUE?

 

Because it is a performance enhancing drug that would give him a unfair advantage?

 

I don't know for sure. That's why I'm asking these questions.

 

There is a conflicting statements in the media. One article I read said:

 

The rules state that taking steroids by mouth is prohibited during competition and that if a cyclist displays a condition requiring such a treatment, he is clearly not fit to take part

 

But the UCI claims that they have done nothing wrong.

 

Can anybody familiar with the rules point us to the rule mentioned above?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

Because it is a performance enhancing drug that would give him a unfair advantage?

 

I don't know for sure. That's why I'm asking these questions.

 

There is a conflicting statements in the media. One article I read said:

 

 

 

But the UCI claims that they have done nothing wrong.

 

Can anybody familiar with the rules point us to the rule mentioned above?

I think that if it truly would have given him an unfair advantage he wouldn't have been given a TUE for it.

 

As for the administration by mouth thing, I can't speak to that, but how the hell else are you supposed to administer it? Suppository? Injection?

[GaryvdM]

As for the administration by mouth thing, I can't speak to that, but how the hell else are you supposed to administer it? Suppository? Injection?

 

As opposed to say dermatological which does not require a TUE.

 

Orally, intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, or rectally require a TUE

 

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU2ODY&LangId=1

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

As opposed to say dermatological which does not require a TUE.

 

Orally, intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, or rectally require a TUE

 

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU2ODY&LangId=1

I struggle to see how a dermatological treatment would be able to treat that sort of medical condition (asthma)