Medical Waiver

If you are taking prescription medications for asthma or diabetes that contain prohibited substances (listed below), you must submit a Medical Notification form annually.  You are not cleared for use of a prohibited substance until you receive approval from USADA and/or the IAAF.

  • Formoterol (Foradil)
  • Salbutamol (Albuterol, Proventil, Ventolin)
  • Salbutamol/Ipratropium (Combivent)
  • Salmeterol (Serevent)
  • Terbutaline (Brethaire)

Download a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) form

Send your completed form to both:

USA Track & Field
Attn: Melissa Beasley
132 East Washington Street, Suite 800
Indianapolis, IN 46204		 USADA
Medical Notification
1330 Quail Lake Loop, Suite 260
Colorado Springs, CO 80906

In addition, athletes who need an IAAF medical exemption must also submit:

  • a written prescription from their doctor
  • a letter from the doctor describing why a prohibited substance has been prescribed rather than a non-prohibited substance

Send the Medical Notification form, along with the above documents to:

IAAF
Attn: Dr. Gabriel Dolle
BP 359 MC 98000
Monaco Cedex

Questions? - Call the USADA Drug Reference Hotline at 800-233-0393