Table 1.

League sport recommendations for precompetition glucocorticoid use

Route	Oral and rectal	Intramuscular, intravenous	Intra-articular, intrabursal, periarticular and other ‘local’ tissue injections
Recommendation	Only under medical control; cease 1 week precompetition	Avoid altogether; consider requesting a TUE if use is less than 1 month precompetition	Avoid 3 days precompetition; avoid long-acting formulations (triamcinolone); follow manufacturer’s dose recommendations; retain full medical documentation for AAF investigation purposes

AAF, adverse analytical finding; TUE, Therapeutic Use Exemption.