If you're going to use synthetic testosterone you need to decalre it and get a medical exemption certificate. He didn't do that and when the first sample tested positive he claimed he was clean and hadn't taken anything.
“You have to declare it. It’s illegal to use it in many countries without a prescription,” explained Catlin. “If you have a legitimate prescription from a legitimate doctor for a lab-approved cause, it’s ok. But if you are an athlete you have to get a TUE (therapeutic use exemption) to make sure it is accurate because many, many athletes want to take it because it improves their sporting ability. And a lot take it and just say, ’Oh., I have low testosterone.’ That’s where this is the scurrilous part of all this. There are lots of doctors that do that.”
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