Jose Canseco admitted that he used steroids for TRT

Jose Canseco refused to submit to a test for steroid, when he tried to come back to the Mexican Baseball League. It was earlier confirmed that the “Tigres de Quintana” of Cancun agreed to give him the second chance and invited him to join to the team. This baseball player refused to submit to steroid testing that had to be conducted by officers of the Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE). CONADE is government agency that manages Olympic sports in Mexico. The CEO of the “Tigres de Quintana” Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez Meza confirmed that Jose Canseco would not be permitted to play for the team because he had admitted that he took banned medicines. Jose Canseco admitted that he was on testosterone replacement therapy under supervision of a doctor in the US. He claimed that he was receiving TRT since 2008. This player was not surprised by the requirement to submit to urine sample for steroids. He wrote on his Twitter account last month that the Minor League Baseball would conduct testing for forbidden medicines. It is known that any athlete can use steroids for TRT and compete, if he/she has got a therapeutic use exemption (TUE). A TUE allows usage of forbidden medicines, if it is justified by medical conditions. It is obvious that Jose Canseco has prescription from his doctor that supports his need to receive TRT. But he doesn’t have any TUE for application of testosterone. Canseco has publicly admitted that he had a prescription from his doctor to apply testosterone as a part of testosterone replacement therapy. He wrote about this condition in a documentary in 2008. Jose Canseco noticed that he discontinued applying illegal steroids and was experiencing low testosterone production which was provoked by steroids. Then his physician prescribed him applying a testosterone gel in order to escape from negative effects of steroids. It is clear that Jose Canseco’s application of steroids is justified because he has medical support for application. But since he hasn’t obtained a TUE, it is not clear whether he would join the team that has steroid testing. The CEO of “Tigres de Quintana” mentioned that he had known that Canseco was receieving TRT but he invited him to play, just obtaining a TUE.