bummer. the worst news here is that she won't be allowed to participate in certain high-level trail races (like western states) because she's served a drug ban. and any time she competes, she'll be listed on irunfar as having served a doping ban.
My dr. proscribed it along with a topical cream when my cyclical acne reared its ugly head again after subsiding for several years. First few days I take it it makes me sleep like 10 hours a night because it can lower blood pressure, and I already have like a 90/70 on a normal day. Had to quit the spiro.
Turns out readjusting my diet (reduce sugar, mostly) did the trick. The guy who quit plants ... weird.
Pharmacist here. A pro athlete shouldn’t be using spironolactone cream for acne when there are a TON of FDA-approved alternatives. This drug isn’t even made this way off the shelf, you have to get a custom prescription and someone has to make it manually. Makes no sense to use this over all the other options out there.
doctors push all sorts of weird stuff without having the patients best interest at heart.
i still think she should have got 12 months but I believe her. it's not like she's been making teams or running PR's anyway.
Yeah they do, but not usually custom creams when there are other things out there. Spironolactone is normal, but usually taking it as a pill with other FDA-approved topicals, not as a cream unless a ton of other meds haven’t worked or they are contraindicated.
I would honestly love to watch one of these jokers do a YouTube series where they transparently run cycles of all kinds of stuff. Document it and we could see how much some of these substances really help an average runner. Sure it would be bad for the kids watching, but you're telling me you wouldn't love watching Seth Demoor learn to shoot testosterone into his ass? Kofuzi's selfie-stick arm getting jacked as f*** from running some SARMS? I'm in. I'd donate to a Patreon to make it happen.
Yeah this is nothing to me. She'll serve her time and move on. This is not even in the same stratosphere as what Shelby H. did.
Also, her talent is not in the same stratosphere as Shelby H. I mean Allie could go all E. German and not be anyone of note. She is a nice girl with a weird following among runner dorks.
1) Sure, this isn't really a big deal 2) Why is someone who's been a pro athlete for many years, not checking this type of stuff properly? 3) While it's not a big deal, it does feel very insincere that she's not been honest about this on any of her many many 'honest' videos and social media posts 4) This still gets us no closer as to why TAS bummed around Europe without racing
this is ultimately a nothing burger. she missed out on a season. boo hoo. in 4 months, you can do base training and then transition into the season; just in time to win worlds.
“Diuretics can promote the excretion of fluids, which can be used to excrete other banned substances in the body, such as performance-enhancing drugs or illegal drugs. By using spironolactone, athletes may attempt to hide or obscure the presence of these substances during drug testing.”
It's the perfect PED. Masks all the other ones and you can just be like "uhh no officer, uhh I was just using it for acne... uhh just acne and definitely nothing to see here."