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When does a drug become illegal? |
1. It has performance enhancing effects 2. It becomes a risk to health 3. Violates the spirit of the sport |
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How many classes of drugs are prohibited substances? and how many are in and out of competition and how many are just in competition? |
Nine Five and Four |
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Why would a drug be banned from outside of competition as well? |
If it said to have a performance enhancing effect not only on the competition but during training. |
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What are the three prohibited measures? |
1. Manipulation of blood 2. Chemical and physical manipulation 3. Gene doping |
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What characteristics and risks to health do anabolic steroids have? |
It increases protein synthesis, which builds muscle hypertrophy. It also reduces recovery time and is related to testosterone. Side effects = Liver damage, high blood pressure, aggression, gender specific effects and increased cholesterol |
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What do hormones and related substances do? |
They enhance things that are naturally there and up-regulate them. E.g. Stimulate blood cell production in the bone marrow. |
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What are therapeutic drugs used for ? |
Allergies, joint pain and over active immune system. |
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What is therapeutic use exemption? |
When allowed to take drugs for health reasons, vital to health and have no performance enhancing effect. |
