Louis Flashcards
performance enhanced drugs
State 2 Ethical Issues Regarding Performance Enhancing Drugs.
- Creates the possibility of an unfair advantage to those who have taken drugs
- Athletes are putting their health at risk (not fully informed of health risks)
- High dosage may not be safe, despite being safe therapeutically in small doses.
- Permanent damage may be caused due to use of high painkillers.
What are Performance Enhancing Drugs?
Substances used by athletes to improve their performances in the sports in which they compete.
Why are Anabolic Drugs Used?
It promotes muscle growth (increasing strength and speed). It also increases stamina, allowing the athletes to train harder, they also increase aggression.
Examples Where Anabolic Steroids Would be Beneficial
Sports requiring endurance, strength
Eg. weight lifting, athletics and swimming
Why are Stimulants Used?
They increase heart rate, alertness, competitiveness, aggression and reduce tiredness
Examples Where Stimulants Would be Beneficial
Long distance (endurance), combat sports, contact sport. Eg. Cycling, Boxing, Rugby, Football
Why are Narcotic Analgesics Used?
They reduce pain and mask the injury
Why are Diuretics Used?
Remove fluid from body, stimulate urination, and cause fast weight loss.
Weight loss adv in boxing, judo and jockeying for eg.
Injecting hormones like epo cause increased red blood cells. How does this effect happen?
Some hormones trigger a cascade of events, leading to altered protein sythesis in target cells. A change in gene expression causes changes in the cell behavior. Some hormones enter into the nucleus of target cells directly and act as transcriction factors themselves.
