The reason Maria Sharapova Drinking Meldonium When Compete

TheLegitBlog- the world's top tennis player, Maria Sharapova, failed a doping test at the Australian Open in January. The 28-year-old was positive for the meldonium."I failed a doping test and is fully prepared to take responsibility," said Sharapova, Monday (03/07/2016) night, as reported by the BBC.Sharapova said she legally consume meldonium since 10 years ago. The drug is a new entry in illicit doping by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) since January 1, 2016.According to the explanation of Dr Peter Brukner, sports physician from La Trobe University in Australia, meldonium is anti-ischemic drug that helps improve circulation, especially in the brain. This drug is more popular in the former Soviet countries."Meldonium is also used to treat heart problems such as angina (when there is obstructed blood flow to the heart), heart attack, heart failure, and also after a stroke," Brukner said as quoted by ABC News.Sharapova knows meldonium as anti-pain medications made in Lativia mildronate. This drug does not circulate in the United States because it did not get approval from the Food and Drug Administration.According to Sharapova, she ate mildronate because it has some health problems. "I'm easy to get sick because of lack of magnesium, just also have an irregular heart rhythm, and had a family history of diabetes," he said.Meldonium Although initially used to treat disorders of the heart, but in the animal studies it is known that the drug has anti-diabetes effect on the metabolism of mice.However, because meldonium have a metabolic effect, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) classifies this as a metabolic modulator drug. These drugs included in the restricted category such as insulin which can also be used to improve the performance of athletes.The study, published in December 2015 mentions, meldonium show increased endurance performance of athletes, improve rehabilitation after sport, fight stress, and increased the activation of the central nervous system function.In the end, WADA banned the drug is effective in early January 2016

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