Administration of Hydrocortisone in Young Healthy Male Volunteers

The misuse of cortisone or hydrocortisone for doping purpose in sport has been widely reported in the literature, but to date, no formal testing procedure is available and applicable in an anti-doping laboratory to detect hydrocortisone doping abuse , i.e., administration by systemic way. The investigators therefore propose to identify biomarkers that clearly distinguish between an authorized local administration of hydrocortisone and a prohibited systemic administration, by studying the impact of 5-day administration of hydrocortisone per 2 different routes.