Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports

This set of flashcards covers key concepts related to performance-enhancing drugs in sports, including various drugs, methods of use, and detection techniques.

Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Substances taken to improve athletic performance, including anabolic steroids and stimulants.

Adderall

A prescription medication commonly used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sometimes misused in esports for performance enhancement.

Stanozolol

An anabolic steroid that was famously involved in sports doping scandals.

Doping

The use of banned substances to improve physical performance in sports.

EPO (Erythropoietin)

A hormone that stimulates red blood cell production, often misused in sports for enhanced oxygen delivery.

Blood Doping

A method involving the transfusion of red blood cells to increase an athlete's oxygen-carrying capacity.

GC/MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry)

A method used for detecting drugs and their metabolites in biological samples.

Masking Agents

Substances that hide the presence of banned substances during drug testing.

Anabolic Steroids

Synthetic substances related to male sex hormones that increase muscle mass and strength.

Designer Drugs

Substances specifically engineered to evade detection in drug testing.