'It’s one big head scratcher.'
Trimetazidine is a fatty acid oxidation inhibitor used to prevent and treat the symptoms of angina, or chest pain that is the result of a lack of blood supply and oxygen to the heart. The drug, sometimes called TMZ, is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency."The drug can help by improving the efficiency of the heart in being able to deliver blood flow more effectively," Dr. Sadiya Khan, a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine, told TODAY.
“It’s very rarely used in this country. It theoretically could help you if you had heart failure or coronary disease. It just doesn’t work that well,” Joyner said. “There are many other better options out there.”“Why things get banned is — anything that has a remote possibility of influencing performance gets banned. You can get therapeutic use exemptions for medically legit drugs. Asthma drugs are the most common,” Joyner said.
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