WADA’s 2016 List of Prohibited Substances & MILDRONATE

Important news release by the IWF today concerning a new substance called MILDRONATE

Referring to our previous warnings we would like to reiterate this very important message concerning a new prohibited substance! The 2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods become effective as of the 1st January 2016 and since this date a new substance called MILDRONATE (Meldonium) is considered as prohibited! The IWF Anti-Doping Commission would like to specifically call everyone’s attention to the most used trade names for the substance are: mildronate, meldonium, Quaterin, Kvaretin, THP. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list.  There may be other medications, supplements which could contain mildronate (labelled or not labelled). According to recent scientific publications of the WADA accredited laboratories Cologne and Moscow,  2-17 % of doping control samples collected in 2014 and 2015 contained mildronate. There are already multiple findings for mildronate in other sports in 2016.