Pharmacist error leads to suspension

August 26, 2010

A FORMAL anti-doping enquiry into Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon’s positive banned drug test has found a pharmacist was actually responsible for the mishap. Having tested positive to a FINA banned medication, formoterol, in April, Napoleon underwent a gruelling investigation process which turned up the fact that his pharmacist had accidentally wrongly labelled an asthma inhaler. “It is clear that the swimmer had no intention of enhancing his sports performances,” FINA said in a statement. Napoleon was however slapped with a three-month ban for “a degree of negligence”, which would see him miss out on the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. “The doping panel underlines the responsibility of the athlete to check his medicine,” the FINA statement added.

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Pharmacist error leads to suspension

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