Chairman of the National Anti-Doping Commission (NADC), Dr Adrian Lorde, is sending a stern warning to Barbadian athletes, urging them to be extremely cautious about using non-prescribed medication.
His comments came just days after Jamaica’s sprint sensation Briana Williams tested positive for a banned diuretic.
The 17-year-old World Under-20 double sprint gold medallist and Jamaica’s national junior record holder in the 100 metres, returned two positive samples for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) following tests by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission.
The drug, which is on the list of banned substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is used to reduce fluid, swelling, treat high blood pressure, to mask other banned substances and for weight loss.
“I want our athletes to be very careful of whatever they ingest. We usually advise them not to take supplements because we cannot guarantee the supplements contain what they say they have in. That is a big issue where anti-doping is concerned. Sometimes they have in stuff that might not be on the list of ingredients. It extends to over-the-counter medications as well,” Lorde said during an interview with NATION NEWS.
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