Steroids in Athletics

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Steroids in Athletics
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History

• Greek wrestlers meat, mushrooms
• 1st competitive athletes Amsterdam swimmers
  1860s
• Strychnine,caffeine, cocaine,heroin
• Anabolic steroids 1930s, 40s and 50s
• 1952 Olympics - Russian weightlifters

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History

• Mostly those who relied on bulk and strength
• Other sports joined in in the 1970s
• 1980s nonathletes black market
• Medical community condemns the use of steroids by
  athletes - AMA

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The Price

• Ben Johnson 1988
• Continued use in athletes and nonathletes
• Threat of HIV-AIDS
• 400 million a year - black market
• Illegally manufacturing tampering and
  contamination
• Morally wrong? Cheating? Addictive?

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Using Anabolic Steroids

• Therapeutic value anemia, breast cancer,
  osteoporosis, etc. USFDA approved
• Improves appetite and healing after surgery
• Ergogenic performance enhancing
• Anabolic growing or building
• Males produce b/w 2 10 mgs of test per day
• Olympic committee has banned 17 types

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Using Anabolic Steroids

• Mature reproductive system, body hair, voice
  deepening, sex drive, aggressiveness
• Increase lean muscle, mass, strength, and
  muscular endurance
• No studies show performance enhancement
• Do not improve agility, skill, or cardiovascular
  capacity
• Some athletes insist on aid in injury recovery

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Sports Organizations

• Olympics banned in 1975
• NFL
• International Amateur Athletic Federation
• NCAA
• International Federation of Body Builders

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Abusing Anabolic Steroids

• Not just football players and bodybuilders
  anymore teenagers, policeman, female athletes
• 1986 survey 45 of 200 high school students
  cited that appearance was the reason for using
• All ages, rural and cities, wealthy and poor,
  all races and nationalities
• 1990 survey 3-5 of high school males and 0.5
  of females admitted steroid use (more than crack
  or PCP)

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Females Anabolic Steroids

• 1984 survey 11 universities only one womens
  sport swimming 1
• 1988 survey 1 in track field and basketball

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Megadosing Glossary

• Blending
• Bulking up
• Cycling
• Doping
• Ergogenic Drugs
• Megadosing
• Plateauing

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Megadosing Glossary

• Roid rages
• Shotgunning
• Stacking
• Tapering

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Health Hazards - Men

• Shrinking of testicles
• Reduced sperm count
• Impotence
• Baldness
• Difficulty or pain urinating
• Development of breasts
• Enlarged prostate

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Health Hazards - Women

• Growth of facial hair
• Changes in or menstrual cycle
• Clitoral enlargement
• Deepened voice
• Breast reduction

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Health Hazards Both Sexes

• Acne
• Jaundice
• Trembling
• Swelling of feet and ankles
• Bad breath
• Reduction of HDL good cholesterol
• High blood pressure

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Health Hazards Both Sexes

• Liver damage and cancers
• Aching joints
• Increased chance of injury to tendons, ligaments,
  and muscles
• MAY HALT GROWTH IN ADOLESCENTS

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Acne
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Male Pattern Baldness
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Gynecomastia
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More Information

• NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
• 1-800-662-HELP
• NCADI National Clearinghouse for Drug and
  Alcohol and Drug Information
• 1-800-729-6686

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Questions/Discussion