Drugs

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  • Created by: francesca
  • Created on: 04-04-17 14:46
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  • Drugs
    • Types of drugs
      • Recreational: Drugs used for lesuire
      • Performance Enhancing: Drugs used to impropve sporting performance
        • BAD SNaP
      • Medicinal Drugs: Drugs prescribed to a patient for medical reasons
    • Stimulants
      • Can control your reations to increase mental and physical alertness
      • Can cause high blood pressure, strokes, addiction and heart/liver problems
    • Anabolic Steroids
      • mimic testosterone to increase bone and muscle growth
      • Can make you agressive, cause heart disease, infertility and cancer. Also women can grow facial hair and have a deepened voice
    • Diuretics
      • increase amount you urinate leading to weight loss. Can aslo mask traces of other drugs
      • can cause cramp and dehydration
    • Narcotic Anagesics
      • Mask Pain so you can train harder/ perform for longer
      • Addictive and  increase injury
    • Peptide Hormones
      • Stimulate production of other hormones
      • EPO is one used to increase red blood cell production
      • Can cause strokes and abnormal growth patterns
    • Beta Blockers
      • Control heart rate to steady nerves and cause relaxation.
      • can cause low blood pressure, cramp and heart failure

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