Stimulant

Every athlete has a drive to do better then his or her opponent. Competition is what drives athletes to enhance their practice and conquer the highest place on the podium. Many athletes try out different diets, supplements, and training techniques to improve their performance. The use of nutritional ergogenic aid in the sports industry is very well known for improving performance. Most ergogenic aids affect the metabolism and the central nervous system to reduce body fat content and stimulate…

Rachel Slee Mrs. Zamiara Honors Chemistry 9 March 2017 Chemistry of Caffeine Caffeine, or trimethylxanthine, is a compound in the alkaloid group. This compound forms its specific shape through the combination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen and is most commonly found naturally in tea, coffee, and cacao. It can also be synthetically made to be put into several energy drinks, or other caffeinated beverages. Caffeine is a polar molecule because the oxygen and nitrogen molecules…

The changes in sleeping patterns or habits that can negatively affect health are sleep disorders. They have become more common for the years. The National Institutes of Health donates about two hundred thirty million dollars a year to sleep examination. There are approximately seventy million people in the United States that struggle with a sleep disorder. Physical, medical, psychiatric, and environment concerns cause sleep disorders. A sleeping disorder can be one of the most dangerous and…

Names: Generic: modafinil, Trade name in New Zealand: MODAVIGIL® (MIMS 2015). Drug class: Central nervous stimulants (Wake- promoting agents) (Ballon and Feifel, 2006) Formulation: Modavigil ® is formulated as modafinil white to off-white, crystalline powder in tablet form. It is available in tablets containing 100mg of modafinil. Excipients in the tablet are: lactose, strach, pregelatinised maize, maicrocrystaline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, providone and magnesium stearate (Medsafe,…

rights to recreational use, the history of drug addiction cures, and its minimal effect on other members of society. Ibogaine, roots of tabernanthe iboga, a shrub originating in the West African country Gabon, where indigenous people use it as a stimulant while hunting and in large doses during religious ceremonies (Fernandez 167). These Bwiti tribe practice their religion, and they believe the drug helps them speak to spirits of the dead. Members of the tribe would also use ibogaine on…

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant that directly affects the brain. Cocaine speeds up the messages traveling between the brain and the rest of the body. The drug introduces a sense of exhilaration in the user, primarily by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the midbrain (Ericson). The initial surge of euphoria is followed by a crash. The crash creates the need for more and the body becomes dependent on the drug. The effects appear almost immediately after a…

Over the years neuroenhancing drugs like adderall have become a more popular stimulant being taken by people who feel the need to use them in order to perform better. Adderall is just one of many pills people enjoy taking for increased mental performance. These pills help people focus on tasks for long periods of time and are said to help increase performance mentally. Students trying to earn a degree and an adult in a competitive setting are the most likely to be taking these pills, but that…

Sports have banned performance enhancing drugs because of how big of an advantage it gives athletes. Performance enhancing drugs give athletes an unfair advantage as it makes them faster and stronger in a quicker amount of time. The first use of stimulants or substances to further enhance a person's athletic ability was first used in ancient Greece when the Greeks ate mushrooms. Ever since then scientist and athletes have been experimenting with different substances and hormones to get an…

anaerobic output and reduced levels of fatigue Beatine anyhydrous-Higher protein synthesis, increased lean muscle mass, and reduced body fat percentage. Caffeine -Caffeine is quite know throughout the whole world for that boost of energy. This stimulant will add mental focus, resistance to fatigue, improved endurance, and better strength output. Vitamin b12- Vitamin B12 stacks quite nicely with caffeine in Alpha-GPC. It will give high energy levels, better cognitive function, faster recovery…

Due to the enormous amounts of artificial light around us, the ability to change the thermostat, the change in social interactions through social media, and access to stimulants such as caffeine and depressants such as alcohol, we are like astronauts. We have to be more aware of the factors we can control to produce excellent sleep-quality. What Astronauts Recommend: Maintain a consistent sleep/wake schedule: Yes even on…