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Drug regulating agency rules Yasmin may be taken by competing female athletes
April 17th, 2005
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has ruled that the birth control pill Yasmin is now acceptable for use as contraception by female athletes who compete internationally. The WADA announced that they are officially changing the status of Yasmin, which is now allowed in or out of competition for female athletes. Previously, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) banned the birth control pill for athletes based on the presence of the progestin drospirenone (drsp) which, unlike the progestins used in other birth control pills, exhibits (antimineralocorticoid) properties. This means that drsp can block certain receptors in the...
Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2005-04-17)
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