The Korea Anti-Doping Committee (hereinafter referred to as KADA) has released 'Korean Medicines Anti-Doping Guidelines' on the KADA website.
The guidelines, which were created to prevent unintentional violations of anti-doping regulations due to athletes' use of herbal medicine, were organized by KADA in 2024 and summarized the main results of the 「Harmaceutical Research for Anti-Doping」 jointly conducted by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Doping Control Center and the Korea National University Sports Analysis Center.
'Anti-doping guidelines for herbal medicine' consists of ▶ cases of violation of anti-doping regulations related to herbal medicine use ▶ precautions for herbal medicine prescription and Q&A ▶ KIST Doping Control Center analysis results. Information on herbal medicine ingredients that are highly likely to violate doping by athletes and analysis data on the possibility of unintentional use are expected to be very useful to field athletes.
Chairman Yang Yoon-joon of KADA said, `This guideline is expected to prevent unintentional violations of anti-doping regulations and contribute to the realization of clean sports by providing evidence-based anti-doping information for athletes and leaders in sports"In the future, KADA will continue to protect athletes from doping and take the lead in creating a fair sports environment through various studies and information provision. "
Anyone can check the 'Korean Pharmaceutical Anti-Doping Guidelines' on KADA's official website, and KADA plans to continue various activities for health care professionals such as doctors and pharmacists to prevent unintentional violations of anti-doping regulations by athletes.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
