Drugs In Sport : The Pressure To Perform

This BMA report discusses the current situation regarding performance enhancing drugs as well as the effects of prescribed medication on sports people's performance. Written with expert advice, and rigorously reviewed by specialists, the report addresses the physician's role and responsibilities in this highly sensitive area. It will prove an invaluable guide for all doctors who are involved with the well being of sports people. Contents 6 Editorial Board 8 Board of Science and Education 10 Acknowledgements 11 1: Introduction 12 2: Setting the scene 16 3: The medical consequences of taking performance-enhancing and other drugs in sport 25 4: Anabolic androgenic steroid use in British gymnasiums 67 5: Doping in elite-level sport 87 6: Policy instruments to prevent the use of drugs in sport 100 7: The role and responsibilities of doctors in doping in sport 124 8: Summary and recommendations 135 Appendix 1: UK antidoping programme 140 Appendix 2: Laboratory analysis procedure 150 Appendix 3: Contact details of UK national governing bodies 152 Index 169 This report explores the many factors that combine to increase the pressures faced by sports people and members of their entourage. Contents include: the medical consequences of taking performance enhancing and other drugs in sport; anabolic androgenic steroid use in British gymnasiums; doping in elite level sport; policy instruments to prevent the use of drugs in sport; the role and responsibilities of doctors in doping in sport