Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs)

Question 1

PEDs

Answer 1

A substance that can be taken in a variety of ways to produce expected and welcome physical and/or physiological effects

Question 2

Why?

Answer 2

Improve performance 
Encouraged by coaches 
Reward of winning 
Rewards of high amounts of money 
Pressure

Question 3

Anabolic steroids

Answer 3

Drugs that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone and muscle growth.
Benefits - used to enhance performance. Increases development of bones growth. Train harder and recover quicker.
Side effects - increased risk of muscle injury. Increases risk of heart attacks and strokes

Question 4

Beta Blockers

Answer 4

Drugs that are used to control the heart rate and have a calming effect.
Benefits - helps target sports where readiness and precision are required, reduces heart rate
Side effects - nausea, diarrhoea, tiredness, depression

Question 5

Narcotics and analgesics

Answer 5

Narcotics - drugs that affect mood or behaviour, relieve pain
Analgesics - drugs that elevate the rate of urine production
Benefits - act by depressing the central nervous system and give relief from painful injuries
Side effects - loss of co-ordination, loss of balance, loss of concentration

Question 6

Diuretics

Answer 6

Drugs that elevate the rate of urine production

Question 7

Peptide hormones

Answer 7

Increases the rate of maturation of red blood cells.
Benefits - increases muscle growth, assist in recovery from injury and heavy training.
Side effects - blood becomes thicker, which makes it more difficult to pass through the small capillaries

Question 8

Growth Hormones

Answer 8

Is used to increase their muscle development.
Benefits - increase muscle growth
Side effects - minimal side effects, can be detected by a blood test and not in your urine

Question 9

Stimulants

Answer 9

Drugs that have an effect on the central nervous system.
Benefits - increases alertness, enabling people to think more by stimulating the central nervous system.
Side effects - insomnia, irregular heart beat, high blood pressure and addiction

Question 10

Blood Doping

Answer 10

Banned process - not a banned drug.
Involves boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to improve your performance.
Increases your endurance.