Which rule applies to your sport?
Ask your sport body about the exact substance.
Bring the full medicine name and say whether it is a pill, shot or another version when you ask the body that sets your competition rules. Ask which list applies to you and whether any exception is needed.
The World Anti-Doping Agency is known as WADA; it publishes the banned list used in world sport. [A]
As of September 2026, the WADA list bans BPC-157 and TB-500 at all times, including outside competition. [A]
Its rules ban growth hormone and peptides that make the body release it, including sermorelin, ipamorelin and CJC-1295, during and outside competition. [A]
Use the list that is in force.
As of September 2026, the published WADA list for 2027 takes effect on January 1, 2027. [B]
Until then, the 2026 list remains in force. [A]
The next list warns that an unnamed peptide can still belong to a banned group, such as substances not approved for human treatment. Ask your sport’s rule body to check the substance, even if you cannot find its name. [B]
Ask about an exemption before relying on it.
USADA, the US Anti-Doping Agency, can grant a therapeutic use exemption for a medically needed banned medicine under the relevant standards. [C]
That means permission to use a banned medicine for an illness. How and when you apply depends on whether you belong to a sport drug-testing program. [C]
Ask your sport’s rule body which process applies. Keep its answer with your medical care plan.
Military supplement rules are a separate check.
As of September 2026, US military rules bar listed ingredients in dietary supplements. [D]
Those supplement rules do not amount to a ban on lawfully prescribed medical care. [D]
Ask your military medical team which service rules apply to the exact medicine or supplement. Give them its full name; a sport list does not answer the military question.
Add these questions to your visit sheetSource notes for this page
- [A]WADA: the list in force
As of September 2026, the 2026 WADA list is the one that applies. The medicines named here are banned during and outside competition.
- [B]WADA: the next list
The next list starts on January 1, 2027; it does not replace the current one before that date.
- [C]USADA: medical-use exemptions
The exemption process is not automatic permission for any medicine or supplement.
- [D]Defense: prohibited supplement ingredients
As of September 2026, these military restrictions apply to ingredients in dietary supplements. They do not ban lawfully prescribed medical care.