Changes to the WADA Prohibited List

January 1, 2007

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2007 Prohibited List. Below is a summary of updates from the 2006 List to the 2007 List. For a full copy of the 2007 Prohibited List, visit WADA's website. The 2007 Prohibited List will go into effect January 1, 2007.

The Classes of Prohibited Substances have not changed from the 2006 List.

However , in order to make the language clearer, the explanatory paragraphs for the following four classes of substances in the 2007 List have been reworded:

• Anabolic Agents
• Diuretics
• Chemical and physical manipulation
• Stimulants

Other Updates to the 2007 List:

Beta-2 agonists
Salbutamol used by inhalation, even with an Abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemption (ATUE), is not a specified substance** at urinary levels greater than 1000 ng/ml.

Glucocorticosteroids
Glucocorticosteroids used by iontophoresis/phonophoresis are permitted and do not require an Abbreviated TUE. Other topical treatments such as skin, eye, ear, nose, and inside the mouth are also permitted.

Glucocorticosteroids are only permitted in competition. Other routes of administration (intraarticular, periarticular, peritendinous, epidural, intradermal injections and inhalation) require an Abbreviated TUE for use in competition. Systematic use of corticosteroids by oral, intravenous, intramuscular, or rectal use requires an approved standard TUE before use in competition.

Stimulants
Imidazole derivatives used as topical preparations are permitted.

**Specified substances are those substances that are particularly susceptible to unintentional anti-doping rule violations due their general availability in medicinal products and because they are less likely to be successfully abused as doping agents.