Download Ergogenic Aids (PED`s)

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Any substance (or food)
that is believed to enhance
one’s performance above
normal standards
The IOC definition: “The
administration or use of
substances in any form
alien to the body or of
physiological substances
in abnormal amounts and
with abnormal methods
by health persons with the
exclusive aim of attaining
an artificial and unfair
increase in performance in
sports”
The use substances is
controversial
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Large amount of athletes
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Drug testing instituted to
help eliminate the use of
these substances
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Use of these substances
cannot be condoned!
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Ethical violations
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Competition
Health problems
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Reduce fatigue
Increase strength, power,
and speed
Decrease reaction time
Improve body composition
Research indicates that there
are no beneficial effects
Side-effects
Tremors, palpitations,
headache, restlessness,
anxiety, and insomnia
 Increases in both heart rate
and blood pressure
 Seizures, severe
hypertension, arrhythmias,
psychosis, hepatitis, stroke,
myocardial injury, and
intracranial hemorrhage
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• 90% of competitive athletes
consume it
• 60 % consume it for the purpose of
enhancing performance.
• Increased
• Work output
• Speed
• Attention
• Reduced perceived
exertion and fatigue
• Side-effects
• Sleep deprivation, nausea,
cramping, anxiety, fatigue,
headaches, and gastrointestinal
instability
• Muscle tightness, muscle
cramping, and dehydration
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Narcotics
Beta Blockers
Diuretics
Anabolic steroids
Human Growth
Hormone
Erythropoietin/Blood
doping
Local Anesthetics
Creatine
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What is the drug?
What does it do?
How could it help
performance?
What are side-effects?
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Masks pain caused by
musculoskeletal injury,
 Allows them to compete
Side-Effects of Narcotics
 Nausea
 Vomiting
 Dizziness
 Addiction
 Hypotension
 Drowsiness
 Mood disturbances
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Reduces
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Blood pressure, heart rate,
muscle tremors and even
anxiety
Relaxing effect on muscle
function
Side-effects
Severe blood sugar changes
and heart failure
 Interferes with performing
strenuous physical activities
 Nausea
 Weakness when the heart
cannot compensate for the
body's demands
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Increases the amount you
urinate
 Sports where weight is a
concern
 Dilute presence of drug
markers in the urine
Side-effects
 Life-threatening
dehydration
 Loss of sodium, dizziness,
headaches, muscle cramps
and thirst
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Male hormone testosterone
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Other Effects of Anabolic Steroid
Abuse
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Delayed growth in adolescents,
tendon rupture, increased LDL
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cholesterol, decreased HDL
cholesterol, high blood pressure,
heart attacks, enlargement of the
heart's left ventricle, cancer,
jaundice, fluid retention, HIV/AIDS,
hepatitis, "roid rage" - rage and
aggression, mania, delusions
Treat conditions that cause a loss of lean
muscle mass
Help body metabolize proteins
Facilitate the development of skeletal
muscle
Delay fatigue
Create a feeling of euphoria
Side-effects men
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infertility, breast development, shrinking of
the testicles, male-pattern baldness, severe
acne and cysts
Side-effects women
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Deeper voice, excessive growth of body hair,
male-pattern baldness, severe acne and cysts
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Brain produces and releases
growth hormones
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Proposed Benefits
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Development and repair of cells
Increased synthesis of muscle
protein
Stimulation of bone growth
Increased fat metabolism
Decreased body fat
Increased blood glucose
Enhanced injury healing
Side-effects
Carpal tunnel syndrome
 Edema
 Arthritis
 Atrophy, or shrinkage, of the
pituitary gland
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Naturally-occurring hormone
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Stimulates production of red
blood cells
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Proposed Benefits
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Improved oxygen circulation to
the muscles and tissues
Increased muscle energy
production
Increased muscle strength and
size
Increased endurance
Reduced muscle recovery time
Side-effects
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Thicken the blood
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Increases the strain on the heart
Increases the risk of blood clots
Heart attacks
Strokes
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Treating inflammation and the
pain and discomfort associated
with inflammation
Possible Benefits
Able to play on injury area
 Less pain
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Side-effects
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Hemorrhaging or bleeding
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Mental functions impaired
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Allergic reaction
Destruction of the cartilage in
the joint
Nerve damage
Weakened and ruptured
tendons
Thinning of the nearby bone
Increased pain and discomfort,
as well as a worsening of the
underlying condition
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non-essential amino
acid stored in muscles
for energy
formed from amino
acids and plays a role
in converting food
into energy
kidney disease and
kidney failure, water
retention, nausea,
diarrhea, cramping,
muscle pain, and high
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Name a few things about any of the PED’s that
you didn’t know before or that you found
interesting.
Video
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The goal of sporting
organizations is to
protect the health of
athletes and to help
ensure that competition
is fair and equitable.
Sports programs should
have full-service
programs that provide
substance abuse
education, counseling,
and drug-detection.
Drug testing should be
performed periodically
in a random manner.
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Athletes, parents, coaches,
athletic trainers, physicians,
and administrators must be
educated about the dangers
of drug abuse and the fact
that it has no place in sports
participation and recreation.
Above all, a sports program
must adopt the philosophy
that “winning at all costs” is
wrong.
It is essential for athletes to
believe that if they do their
very best and adhere to the
rules of the sport, they will
be doing exactly what is
expected of them.