Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

Davies B

Publications

• Review Article
  Exercise, Science and Designer Doping: Traditional and Emerging Trends
  Author(s): Graham MR, Davies B, Grace FM and Baker JSGraham MR, Davies B, Grace FM and Baker JS
  
  The list of doping agents is enormous, and for the majority, any beneficial sporting effect is contentious. WADA and UK Anti-Doping have difficulty detecting the peptide hormones, Growth Hormone (GH), insulin and Erythropoietin (Epo), because they require blood analysis. Only in the last two years has an athlete been convicted of taking GH, which is still being used as a doping agent because the window for detection is so brief. This positive test was not contested, which suggests that science may be winning the war on drugs. Athletes appear to have ceased taking insulin, because of its life-threatening acute effects, and in recent years no adverse analytical findings have been reported for this drug. “Older” doping agents, which are known to enhance performance in sport, include testosterone and their derivatives, anabolic steroids. The pharmaceutical industry continues t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0673.1000113

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