The former player of the Major League Baseball Jose Canseco didn’t agree to submit to a urine analysis for steroids, when he tried to return to the Mexican Baseball League. It was earlier announced that the “Tigres de Quintana” of Cancun agreed to give him the second chance and invited him to join to the team.
Jose Canseco didn’t agree to submit to tests for steroids that had to be performed by officers of the Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE). CONADE represents government agency that manages Olympic sports in Mexico.
Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez Meza, the chief executive officer of this baseball team, stated that Jose Canseco would not be allowed to play for the team because he had admitted that he applied banned products.
Jose Canseco admitted that he was on testosterone replacement therapy under supervision of a health care provider in the US. He said that he was receiving TRT since 2008. This player was not surprised by the requirement to submit to steroid testing. He wrote on his Twitter account last month that the Minor League Baseball would conduct testing for banned products.
As it is known, an athlete may apply steroids for TRT and participate in competitions, if he/she has received a therapeutic use exemption (TUE). A TUE allows usage of prohibited medicines, if it is justified by medical needs.
It is obvious that Jose Canseco has prescription from his health care provider that supports his need to receive TRT. But he hasn’t acquired a TUE for usage of testosterone.
Canseco has openly admitted that he had a prescription from his doctor to administer testosterone as a part of testosterone replacement therapy. He described about this condition in a documentary in 2008. He claimed that he stopped applying illegal steroids and had low testosterone production which was caused by steroids. Then his health care provider recommended him utilizing a testosterone gel in order to be relieved from adverse results of steroids.
It is clear that Jose Canseco’s application of steroids is justified because he has medical support for usage. But since he hasn’t got a TUE, it is not clear whether he would join the team that has testing for steroids.
The CEO of “Tigres de Quintana” mentioned that he had known that Jose Canseco was receieving TRT but he invited him to play, just with a TUE.
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