In November 2013 the Agenţia Naţională Anti-Doping (ANAD), the National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Raluca Ionela Irimia after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance dexamethasone.
At the hearing the Athlete stated she suffered from a shoulder injury since September 2013 and therefore is treated with dexamethasone, prescribed and administrated intravenously by her doctor Victoria Tigirlas. She also mentioned the use of the substances ketonal and dexamethasone on the Doping Control Form. The Athlete stated that she didn’t know that the substance dexamethasone is prohibited and that she could apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE).
The doctor Victoria Tigirlas sustained the Athlete’s statement and the intravenously administration of ketonal and dexamethasone due to the Athlete's shoulder injury. The doctor also presented the Athlete’s medical file to the Hearing Commission.
Considering the circumstances the ANAD Hearing Commission decides to impose a 1 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the hearing, i.e. 2 December 2013.
