There is more to the medication than what anyone else in here has said so far.

While corticosteroids can have side effects that would appear to be desirable by a competitive athlete, id be shocked to find an athlete who decides to take a PED is goes with triamcinolone because it’s not an effective anabolic steroid, that’s not what it’s meant for.

Further, it’s used for a million other things before it’s side effects of on muscle strength or increased oxygen exchange due to anti inflammatory properties are even considered. Triamcinolone is an anti inflammatory primarily with minor effects on the same pathways that stimulate muscle growth

To say triamcinolone is a PED is a stretch by a large margin period. Just because it’s in the same general class as a growth hormone doesn’t mean it’s adding significant benefit to the athlete.

Does the athlete know that? Did you know that? Idk enough to make that call, so maybe she took it anyway thinking it would help but that seems unlikely. Maybe she just had some bronchitis, a fungal infection, asthma or any of the other million indications for prescribing triamcinalone.

To me that’s the point, it may be a banned substance by rule, but it’s a common substance in basic healthcare and it’s not something most people even athletes would think twice about before taking at their doctors recommendation for again, one of the million things it gets used for.