Interest of hair tests and supplement tests to discriminate a tail end of a doping regimen from a supplement contamination in case of challenging an anti-doping rule violation. VII. Case example with clomiphene

• Published in: Clinica chimica acta Vol. 566; p. 120059
• Main Authors: Kintz, Pascal, Gheddar, Laurie, Giorgi, Alessandro Di, Pichini, Simona, Ferrari, Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 30.01.2025
• Subjects: Chromatography, Liquid; Clomiphene; Clomiphene - analysis; Contamination; Dietary Supplements - analysis; Doping; Doping in Sports - prevention & control; Egg; Hair; Hair - chemistry; Humans; Male; Substance Abuse Detection - methods; Supplements; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Hair; Clomiphene; Egg; Contamination; Supplements; Doping

Clomiphene or clomifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) used in therapeutic to enhance the fertility of women. As the drug can influence testosterone circulating concentrations, clomiphene is prohibited at all times under the world anti-doping agency prohibited list in the class S4...