Published on June 11, 2024 at 5:41 p.m. / Modified on June 11, 2024 at 6:15 p.m.
Name: Tapentadol. It is a very powerful painkiller, classified at the highest level by the World Health Organization, on the same level as fentanyl and methadone. And, according to our information, for several months now the International Cycling Union (UCI) has feared that he would be riding in the peloton. At the end of 2023, without communicating publicly on the subject, she had obtained that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) place the drug in its “monitoring program”. Waiting for a possible ban.
But the UCI chose to go to the next stage and alert representatives of riders, teams and organizers of this health risk on May 29, during a meeting of the Professional Cycling Council (CCP), including The weather was able to consult the report, in English: “The UCI expresses its concerns about a new substance which could be used to replace Tramadol, called Tapentadol. Further analyzes must be carried out but, if [cette substance] is used, it is presented as being ten times more powerful than Tramadol.
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