Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore has tested positive for a banned substance, reportedly finasteride, the team announced on Thursday night.
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Jose Theodore has tested positive for a steroid blocker found in a hair growth medicine. (CP Sports)
Team officials held a press conference at dinner time to announce the positive test, first revealed, without a player name attached, earlier in the day.
Dr. David Mulder, the Canadiens' team physician, told the conference that the goaltender had tested positive for Propecia, which he said had been used for eight to nine years as a hair restorer.
The product also acts, Mulder said, as a masking agent for steroids, though Theodore denies he knew that until recently. It had been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's restricted list about two years ago.
A source told Canadian Press that the goaltender was "likely to receive" a terapeutic-use exemption because he has been using a hair-growth product prescribed by a doctor for years.
Earlier this year, defenceman Bryan Berard received a two-year international ban after a positive test for an anabolic steroid.
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Jose Theodore has tested positive for a steroid blocker found in a hair growth medicine. (CP Sports)
Team officials held a press conference at dinner time to announce the positive test, first revealed, without a player name attached, earlier in the day.
Dr. David Mulder, the Canadiens' team physician, told the conference that the goaltender had tested positive for Propecia, which he said had been used for eight to nine years as a hair restorer.
The product also acts, Mulder said, as a masking agent for steroids, though Theodore denies he knew that until recently. It had been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's restricted list about two years ago.
A source told Canadian Press that the goaltender was "likely to receive" a terapeutic-use exemption because he has been using a hair-growth product prescribed by a doctor for years.
Earlier this year, defenceman Bryan Berard received a two-year international ban after a positive test for an anabolic steroid.