Drugs Flashcards
What is a drug
A drug is a substance that an be taken in different ways that effects the physical and pshychoucal effect on the body
Performance enhancing drugs are ?
Beta blocker
Anabolic steroids
Doping
Why take performance enhancing drugs
Olympic gold medals
Money
To make the most of your short Caree
What is an anabolic steroid
It increases Strength and allows for the athlete to recover quicker and train harder
What is a side effect of anabolic steroids
Increase risk in strokes and heart attack
High blood pressure
Death
What is a narcotic drug
Herorin
Mathadon
Pethicouie
For moderate pain and morphine
Why use narcotis drug
So that sport performer can return to competition as quickly as possible
The side effects are-
Loss of concentration
Loss of blanance and coordination
Hallucinations
What are beta blockers
They lower the heart rate slowing your hands to be steady and to reduce stress and anxiety
What is a diuretics
Increase the amount of urine produced which allows the performer who need to loss weight
What’s a negitive effect of diuretics
Dehydration
What is the use of a stimulant. And who would use them?
It’s to make quicker thinking time
A boxer in the last round of a fight to offset the lactic acid build up
What are peptide hormones
Increase muscular growth
Increase in RED BLOOD CELLS
Also enables oxygen and waste mattireals to be carried away - EPO
Helps remove lactic acid
What is a recreational drug
Smoking- coronary heart disease
Drinking- long turn liver damage
What is social acceptable and socially unexpectable
Acceptable-prescribe by doctor
Unacceptable- heroin, LSD, Cocaine
