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Performance enhancing drugs

Performance enhancing drugs. Scott Bruno Audience: Young Athletes . Different Types of peds. Anabolic Steroids Androstenedione Human Growth Hormones Erythropoietin Diuretics Creatine Stimulants . Anabolic steroids . Enhance muscle building Accountable for male traits

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Performance enhancing drugs

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  1. Performance enhancing drugs Scott Bruno Audience: Young Athletes

  2. Different Types of peds • Anabolic Steroids • Androstenedione • Human Growth Hormones • Erythropoietin • Diuretics • Creatine • Stimulants

  3. Anabolic steroids • Enhance muscle building • Accountable for male traits • Helps athletes recover quicker • Taken orally or injected

  4. dangers Men Women Baldness Testicles shrink Infertility Acne Organ Damage Deepen Voice Increased body hair Baldness Absent periods Organ Damage

  5. Androstenedione • Produced by the adrenal glands, testes and ovaries • Improved to testosterone in males • Converted to estradiol in females • Prescription is required for legal use • Allows athletes to train harder and recover quicker

  6. dangers Men Women Acne Loss of sperm Testicles begin to shrink Breasts begin to form Acne Deeper voice Male traits form Baldness

  7. Human growth hormones • Has anabolic effect • Taken to improve muscle mass and performance • Has not been clinically proven to improve muscle • Prescription needed, can only be injected • Known as gonadotropin

  8. dangers • Joint pain • Weaker muscles • Carpel tunnel • High cholesterol • Hypertension • Diabetes

  9. Erythropoietin • Used to treat amenia • Allows oxygen to get to muscles faster • Increases red blood cells and hemoglobin • Mostly used by endurance athletes

  10. dangers • Death • Stroke • Heart attack • Pulmonary Edema

  11. Diuretics • Change body’s natural fluids • Can decrease athletes weight • Helps athletes with drug tests • Known as a “masking” agent

  12. Dangers • Dehydration • Cramps • Exhaustion • Dizziness • Drop in blood pressure • Heatstroke • Death

  13. Creatine • Most popular supplement • Naturally produced by the body • Helps muscle produce more adenosine triphosphate (ATP) • Found in meat products • Not proven to enhance performance

  14. dangers • Cramps-both muscle and stomach • Nausea • Diarrehea • Weight gain

  15. stimulants • Increase heart rate and blood pressure • Include caffeine and amphetamines • Street drug stimulants include cocaine and methamphetamine • Improves endurance • Reduces fatigue

  16. dangers • Dehydration • Heatstroke • Addiction • Insomnia • Tolerance to the drug

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