Soc 11- Performance Enhancing Drugs

Question 1

What are performance enhancing drugs?

Answer 1

A substance that can be taken in variety of ways to produce expected and welcome physical and/or psychological effects.
Can increase level of performance, but can cause some unpleasant side affects

Question 2

Why do people take performance enhancing drugs?

Answer 2

-improve performance
-encouraged to take them by coaches or athletes
-reward of winning
-pressure

Question 3

What are anabolic steroids?

Answer 3

Drugs that mimic male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone and muscle growth and recover more quickly

Question 4

Benefits of anabolic steroids

Answer 4

Increase muscle mass and develop bone growth, increasing strength while at same time allowing athlete to train harder and recover quicker

Question 5

Aide affects of anabolic steroids

Answer 5

Increased risk of muscle injury, increase risk of heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure and even death

Question 6

What are beta blocker?

Answer 6

Drugs that are used to control the heart rate and have a calming and relaxing effect

Question 7

Benefits of beta blockers

Answer 7

Can help tragets sports where steadiness and precision are required, because they reduce heart rate

Question 8

Side affects of beta blaocker?

Answer 8

Nausea, diarrhoea, tiredness, depression, insomnia and nightmares

Question 9

What are Narcotics and analgesics?

Answer 9

Narcotics are drugs that affect mood or behaviour, including drowsiness and relieving pain.
Analgesics- pain relief

Question 10

Benefits of narcotics and alagesics

Answer 10

Depressing central nervous system and give relief from painful injuries

Question 11

Side affects of narcotics and analgesics

Answer 11

Loss of coordination, loss of balance, loss of concentration and emotional effects

Question 12

What are diuretics?

Answer 12

Drugs that can elevate the rate of urine production

Question 13

Benefits of diuretics

Answer 13

Can help performers who need to lose weight. May also be used to reduce the concentration of any other banned substance that may be present in urine.

Question 14

Side affects of diuretics

Answer 14

Dehydration, dizziness, cramps, headaches and nausea

Question 15

What are peptide hormones

Answer 15

Increase rate of maturation of red blood cells

Question 16

Benefits of peptide hormones

Answer 16

Increase muscle growth, assist in recovery from injury and heavy sessions. Carry extra oxygen, disperse water products and lactic acid

Question 17

Side affects of peptide hormones

Answer 17

Blood become thicker, make it more difficult to pass through small capillaries and increase risk of heart attack and stroke

Question 18

What are growth hormones

Answer 18

Used to increase their muscles development

Question 19

Benefits of growth hormones

Answer 19

Increase muscle growth. Not as many as steroids

Question 20

Side affects of growth hormones

Answer 20

Minimal side affects, can be detected by blood test and not in urine

Question 21

What are stimulants

Answer 21

Drugs that affect central nervous system, such as physical alertness. E.g amphetamines, ephedrine and cocaine, notine and caffeine.

Question 22

Benefits of stimulants

Answer 22

Increase alertness, enabling people to think more by stimulating the central nervousbsystem. Overcome tiredness, reduce affects of lactic avid on muscles

Question 23

Side affects of stimulants

Answer 23

Insomnia, irregular/increase heart rate, high blood pressure and addiction

Question 24

What is blood doping?

Answer 24

Abnned process but not banned drug. Involves boosting number of red blood cells in bloodstream in order to improve performance. Red blood cells carry oxygen to muscles, having a higher concentration of cells in your blood can improve your VO2 max and so increase your indurance