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Editorial
. 2018 Nov;8(4):529-534.
doi: 10.15171/apb.2018.062. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Doping in Sports, a Never-Ending Story?

Robert Alexandru Vlad  1 , Gabriel Hancu  2 , Gabriel Cosmin Popescu  3 , Ioana Andreea Lungu  4
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Editorial

Doping in Sports, a Never-Ending Story?

Robert Alexandru Vlad et al. Adv Pharm Bull. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Through doping, we understand the use by athletes of substances prohibited by the antidoping agencies in order to gain a competitive advantage. Since sport plays an important role in physical and mental education and in promoting international understanding and cooperation, the widespread use of doping products and methods has consequences not only on health of the athletes, but also upon the image of sport. Thus, doping in sports is forbidden for both ethical and medical reasons. Narcotics and analgesics, anabolic steroids, hormones, selective androgen receptor modulators are among the most frequently utilized substances. Although antidoping controls are becoming more rigorous, doping and, very importantly, masking doping methods are also advancing, and these are usually one step ahead of doping detection techniques. Depending on the sport practiced and the physical attributes it requires, the athletes will look for one or more of the following benefits of doping: recovering from an injury, increasing body recovery capacity after training, increasing muscle mass and strength, decreasing fat tissue, increasing endurance. Finally, when we look once again at a doping scandal, amazed at how much animosity against those caught can exist; the question is: is it really such a disaster as presented by the media or a silent truth under our eyes, but which many of us have refused to accept?

Keywords: Doping; Illicit substances; Medication; Sports.

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