Sharapova, who's estimated to be the world's*highest paid female athlete, said in her an**uncement that she had been taking the drug meldonium since 2006 for personal health reasons and didn't realize that it had been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned substance list in January.
Meldonium is used to increase blood flow, particularly for heart patients, and is **t approved for use in the United States and most of Europe, though it is prevalent in Eastern Europe.* Read more...