Ephedrine

hormone deficiency, or AIDS, they can be helped by anabolic steroids. (Steroids) Glucocoriticosteroids are used as anti-inflammatory treatment. These are used to treat hay fever, asthma, and arthritis because they help reduce pain. Some drugs like ephedrine and methlephedrine are legal and prescribe for medical use, but are not allowed in sports. Steroids are taken to get better muscle mass enhance weight loss and increasing endurance. Some drugs are legal for medical use but not for sports, but…

professional sports shouldn’t be aloud and continue to be banned. First of all there are many terrible short term health effects that could happen. The athlete could have many heart attacks and have many strokes only a couple weeks after using the drugs. Ephedrine one of the drugs have been linked to over one hundred deaths in the United States itself. Any day after taking the drugs there blood pressure could increase dramatically and lead to other problems such as fluid retention and swollen…

Student athletes should just say “No!” People who take and use steroids can have serious side effects. For instance males can develop things such as breasts, shrinking of testicals, infertility, and male pattern baldness, and heart/liver problems. On the other hand women can develop things such as excessive growing of body hair and male pattern baldness, and heart/ liver problems . All student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play sports because drug tests prevent…

Marijuana: Justification for Solution Solution: Use of caffeine, ephedrine, nicotine, betel, ephedrine, methylphenidate and the like are not illegal but their overuse results in harm. Nicotine is linked with cancer and caffeine negatively impacts health (Fothergill 71). In comparison marijuana intake results in a well-being feeling. It erases symptoms of many diseases and is fairly safe for the users. Marijuana can be compared with ice cream – if abused both items will result in injurious side…

This case is to present a medical malpractice scenario friction on a 42-year-old man, Mr. Juan Carlos who had seen by an NP because of his uncontrolled hypertension at his primary Jackson Memorial Hospital. His nurse practitioner referred the case to Dr. Jacob David as a second opinion for a surgery. The patient’s physician Dr. David had diagnosed the patient with a pheochromocytoma and Mr. Juan has admitted to the hospital for a surgery. Pheochromocytoma According to Mayo Clinic website (2014),…

the meth use.” But Peck has seen cases where the damage has been permanent. “Part of this has to do with what these drugs are composed of,” he says. “Meth is cooked up from a bunch of toxic chemicals.” Most methamphetamine is largely composed of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, both of which can be found in over-the-counter decongestants such as Sudafed and Contac, although access to these drugs is now restricted in many states. The drug…

The notorious seven time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong who doped throughout his seven wins in cycling’s most notable and prestigious event admitted that if he could start his cycling career over again he would still dope (reference 1). Possibly the biggest case of doping in not only the sport of cycling but world sport he had repeatedly said during his career that he did not take performance enhancing drugs but one of his most famous quotes that makes him look foolish now is “I have…

purchased over the counter, with few needing a prescription from a medical professional. This can be dangerous as diet pills can be readily available, including to minors. Diet pills typically contain large quantities of addictive substances, such as ephedrine, caffeine, or herbal stimulants, which can have severe side effects, especially if an individual develops a diet pill addiction. In addition to the physical…

Performance Enhancing Drugs: Healthy or Hazardous? Performance-enhancing drugs are defined as any substance ingested to improve performance. The use of this term is often associated with steroids used in sports by professional athletes, although the use of these drugs for personal benefits is on the rise. Many athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs to improve athletic performance, improve endurance and bodybuilding, and increase muscle and overall body mass. While taking these…

Methamphetamine and its Effects on the Body and Brain Methamphetamine (n-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-2-amine) has a molecular weight of 149.237 g/mol and is an addictive man-made stimulant affecting the central nervous system (Methamphetamines: An Overview, n.d.). There are two different types of methamphetamine: l-meth (Levo-methamphetamine), and d-meth (Dextro-methamphetamine), which is the more common form. It is 2 to 10 times as physiologically active as l-meth (Crystal Meth Facts, n.d.).…