Jose Canseco has a prescription from his physician to use steroids but he doesn’t have a TUE

The former player of the Major League Baseball Jose Canseco refused to submit to a urine analysis for steroids, when he tried to return to the Mexican Baseball League. It was earlier claimed that the “Tigres de Quintana” of Cancun provided him the 2nd chance and invited him to play. This baseball player didn’t agree to submit to analysis for steroids that had to be conducted by officers of the Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE). CONADE represents government agency that manages Olympic sports in Mexico. The CEO of the “Tigres de Quintana” Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez Meza claimed that Jose Canseco would not be allowed to play for the team because he had acknowledged that he applied banned drugs. Jose Canseco acknowledged that he was on testosterone replacement therapy under supervision of a health care provider in the US. He noted that he was on TRT since 2008. This player was not surprised by the requirement to submit to steroid testing. This person wrote on his Twitter account last month that the Minor League Baseball would have testing for banned substances. As it is known, a sportsperson can take steroids for TRT and participate in competitions, if he/she has obtained a therapeutic use exemption (TUE). A TUE permits usage of banned products, if it is justified by medical needs. It is evident that Jose Canseco has prescription from his doctor that indicates about his condition which requires being TRT. But he doesn’t have any TUE for usage of testosterone. Canseco has openly admitted that he had a prescription from his doctor to administer testosterone as a part of testosterone replacement therapy. He reported about this factor in a documentary in 2008. Jose Canseco confirmed that he discontinued applying illegal steroids and had low testosterone production which was provoked by steroids. Then his physician recommended him utilizing a testosterone gel in order to escape from undesirable reactions of steroids. As you see, Jose Canseco’s application of steroids is justified because he has medical need for usage. But since he doesn’t have any TUE, it is unclear whether he would play in the team that has steroid testing. The CEO of “Tigres de Quintana” admitted that he had known that Canseco was on TRT but he invited him to play, just with a TUE.