Soc 11 Performance Enhancing Drugs Flashcards
What are Performance Enhancing Drugs
A substance that can be taken in a variety of ways to produce expected and welcome physical and or physicological effects.
Why do people take Performance Enhancing Drugs?
•Improve their performance
•Some people are encouraged to do so by their coaches or fellow athletes.
•The reward of winning(gold medal in some sports is said to be worth a million pounds)
•Pressure
What are the 8 Performance Enhancing Drugs
•Anabolic Steroids
•Beta blockers
•Narcotics and Analgesics
•Diuretics
•Peptide hormones
•Growth hormones
•Stimulants
What is Anabolic steroids
Drugs that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone/muscle growth.
Benefits of Anabolic Steroids
Anabolic steroids are used to enhance performance and taken to increase muscle mass and bone growth therefore increasing strength allowing the athlete to train harder and recover quicker.
Side effects of Anabolic steroids
Increases risk of muscle injury and increases risk of heart attack with high blood pressure and even risks of death.
What is Beta blockers
Drugs that are used to control the heart rate and have a calming and relaxing effect.
What are the benefits of beta blockers
Beta blockers can help targets sports where steadiness and precision are required,because they reduce heart rate.
What are the side effects of beta blockers
Nausea,diarrhoea,tiredness,depression,insomnia and nightmares.
Who benefits from Anabolic steroids
Weightlifters
Who benefits from beta blockers
Dart players
What is Narcotics and Analgesics
Narcotics - Drugs that affect your mood/behaviour including drowsiness and pain relief.
Analgesics - Acting as pain relief.
What are the benefits of Narcotics and Analgesics?
These drugs avt by depressing the central nervous system and relief pain from injuries.
What are the side effects of Narcotics and Analgesics
Loss of co-ordination/balance/concentration and can also cause the injury to get worse.
Who benefits from Narcotics and Analgesics
Any athlete carrying a current injury.
What is Diuretics?
Drugs that elevate the rate of urine production.
What are the benefits of Diuretics
This can help performers who need to lose weight.Diuretics may also be used to reduce the concentration of any other banned substance that may be present in the urine.
What are the side effects of Diuretics?
Dehydration,which can cause dizziness,muscle cramps,headaches and nausea.
Who does Diuretics benefit?
Boxers who are trying to cut weight to weigh the right amount to be able to fight.
What is Peptide hormones?
Increases the rate of maturation of red blood cells.
What are the benefits of Peptide hormones?
Increases muscle growth and assist in recovery from injury
What are the side effects of Peptide hormones?
Blood becomes thicker,which makes it more difficult to pass theough the small capillaries amd imcrease the risk of heart rate/strokes.
What is Growth hormones?
A drug used to increase muscle development.
Benefits of growth hormones?
Increases muscle growth.Not as many side effects as steroids.
Side effects of growth hormones?
Minimal side effects and can be detected by blood tests.
What is stimulants?
Drugs that have an effect on the central nervous system such as physical alertness.
What are the benefits of Stimulants?
Increases alertness,enabling people to think more by stimulanting the central nervous system.Overcome tiredness.Reduce the effects of lactic acid on muscles.
What are the side effects of Stimulants?
Insomnia,irregular/increased heart beat,high blood pressure and addiction.
What is blood doping?
Blood doping is a banned process-not a banned drug.Blood doping involves boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to improve your performance.
Who benefits from Peptide hormones?
Long distance runner
Who benefits from Growth hormones?
Weightlifters
Who benefits from Stimulants?
F1 drivers
