Doping
I made some interesting discoveries this week about my daily medications, one is a banned substance and the other is only banned during competition. USATF does do drug testing and there is a long list of no no's and also a list that are no no's during the meets but OK the rest of the year. It makes it pretty messy to stay legal. I went to my doctor today and we worked through the scenarios and we have changed my blood pressure medicine to a legal active ingredient. The old drug was basically a diuretic and they do not like that stuff in your system because it will mask other illegal actives by changing the urine. I will start my new BP med this week. My allergy medicine is a whole other kettle of fish. I use Allegra D and the D is the bad boy. D is the antihistamine and it really works to dry up my sinus and keep me from becoming a snot factory--literally. The pseudoephedrine is the bad boy in this medication and it is legal during the part of the year you are not at