Medical Advice & Information

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Checking your medication

Athletes wishing to check the status of their medication should follow this link for further details.

Therapeutic Use Exemption

In line with the International Standards set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) a full Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) is only required for athletes who are considered as National or International level athletes.  Athletes outside of these parameters can make retroactive TUE applications within 10 working days after the date of a drug test.

Should you become a national or international level athlete in the future you should contact the UKA Anti Doping (AD) Department immediately to arrange for completion of a full TUE form.

You become a national level athlete if your National Association notifies you that you have been selected for out of competition testing and are asked to provide whereabouts information.

You become an international level athlete if your International Federation (IF) notifies you that you have been selected for out of competition testing and asks you to provide whereabouts information, or if you are otherwise defined as an international athlete in accordance with the rules of your IF (this normally means that you have been selected to represent your nation at an international competition or you are competing at a 'international' competition.  For a list of competitions which the IAAF defines as 'international' please see  http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/athlete/therapeutic/index.html

Should you be drug-tested before becoming a national or international athlete you should follow the following procedure:

• Note any medication you have used within 7 days of the test on the Sample Collection Form.

• If a UKA Anti Doping Representative is available at the time of your test advise them that you may need to submit an emergency retroactive TUE.

• Contact the Anti Doping Manager immediately on 07803 671978 for assistance in complying with the 10 day deadline.

Inhalers

Athletes who are neither National or International level should complete the UKA Inhaler registration form to notify UKA of their Inhaler use.  This is an internal document for UKA use only.