So there is about an enthusiastic recommendation for Meldonium in a conference report Latvian sports scientist from 2012 - with the note that it was not on the Prohibited List and have no serious side effects. "Mildronate increases endurance and performance of athletes (wrestlers, judokas, canoeists, rowers, volleyball players)", it says .
"Such contributions may well motivate athletes, using substances to improve their performance, especially if they are not classified as prohibited and the literature have by no undesirable side-effects," writes Mario Thevis the Institute of Biochemistry of the German Sports University in Cologne in an e-mail to SPIEGEL ONLINE.
In Germany, the drug is not yet approved Mildronate. In many Eastern European countries but it is regularly prescribed heart disease. "The available data regarding the long-term effects and side effects is limited," writes Thevis. The scope of effects and side effects can not be objectively estimated. Click here for more.