Drugs
- Created by: isabella newsum
- Created on: 16-11-14 09:41
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- Drugs
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs
- Anabolic Steroids- increase muscle size, Stimulants- increase heart rate
- Negative Effects eg. Stimulants can cause high blood pressure
- Against
- Unfair- advantage for athletes
- May not be fully informed of health risks
- For
- Athletes own decision
- Drug free sport isn't really fair- may have different training facilities, coaches, equipment
- Athletes- better at sport
- Anabolic Steroids- increase muscle size, Stimulants- increase heart rate
- Statins
- Prescribed Drugs- lower risk of heart and circulatory disease
- Lower blood cholesterol
- Government scientists used 6000 patients- compared those who had taken the drug and those who hadn't- results were reproducible
- Cannabis
- Illegal drug
- Scientists investigated whether the chemicals in the smoke caused mental health problems
- Results are varied
- Testing Medicinal Drugs
- Stage 1- tested on human cells and tissue in lab
- Stage 2- test on live animals- if drug works, toxicity and dosage
- Stage 3- if drug passes, human volunteers in a clinical trial
- First- healthy volunteers- harmful side effects, low dosage and gradually increases
- Results good- tested on people suffering from the illness
- Two groups- one given the drug, other a placebo, so doctor can see the difference the drug makes
- Results good- tested on people suffering from the illness
- Clinical trials are blind- patient doesn't know if they'll get the drug or the placebo
- Often double-blind- neither patient nor doctor know until the results
- First- healthy volunteers- harmful side effects, low dosage and gradually increases
- Recreational Drugs
- Enjoyment, relaxation, stress relief
- Smoking- disease in heart, blood vessels and lungs, smoke causes cancer, nicotine is addictive
- Alcohol- slows down Nervous System, too much- poor coordination, excessive drinking- liver disease and brain damage, addictive
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs
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