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Author Wadler, Gary I., 1939-2017.

Title Drugs and the athlete / Gary I. Wadler, Brian Hainline.

Imprint Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., c1989.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.29 W119d 1989    ---  Available
Description xxii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Contemporary exercise and sports medicine series
Contemporary exercise and sports medicine series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents Pt. I, Foundations of drug abuse in sports: -- Introduction: Historical perspectives; Epidemiologic approaches; Education, testing, and treatment; Categories of drugs used in sports; Evaluating drugs used in sports; Contributing factors -- Antecedents: Who is at risk?; Age; Genetics; Family factors (nongenetic); Peers; Education; Mental health -- The athlete: Entering competitive sports; The elite athlete-'the privileged few'; Stress; Performance and stress; Performance and physical factors; Performance and drug abuse; The athlete and non-performance-related drug abuse.
Pt. II, Drugs of abuse in sports: -- Anabolic steroids: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Human growth hormone: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; final note -- Amphetamine: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Cocaine: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Phenylpropanolamine, ephedrine, and the 'look-alikes': History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Caffeine: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Barbiturates and benzodiazepines: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Alcohol: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Tobacco: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Marijuana: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Narcotics: History; Chemistry and physiology; Clinical pharmacology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note -- Miscellaneous: Beta blockers; Diuretics; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Vitamins and minerals; Amino acids and protein; Carnitine; Bicarbonate doping; Analgesic injections; Phosphate loading -- Blood doping and erythropoietin: History; Physiology; Use in sports; Adverse effects; Final note.
Pt. III, Recognition and management of drug abuse in the athlete: -- Recognition: Introduction; Definitions; Who is at risk?; Suspecting the drug abuser; The team/sports medicine physician and the interview process; Staging of 'recreational' drug abuse; Formalized screening instruments; Final note -- Drug testing: Introduction; Intent of testing; Who shall be tested?; Which sports organizations drug test athletes and what are their policies?; Legal issues; Written policy; Selection of body fluid or tissue; The laboratory; Legal defensibility; Other considerations; Drug testing methodology and implications for the athlete; Drug testing and therapeutic drugs -- Management: Introduction; Who should be treated?; Objectives and goals of treatment; Predictors of treatment success; Selecting treatment approaches; Treatment approaches; Relapse and recovery; The athlete -- Legal considerations: Prologue; The privacy rights of athletes; Justifying invasions of athlete's privacy; Team physicians and drug use by athletes; Constraining drug use in sports; -- Epilogue.
Appendices: -- International Olympic Charter against doping in sport -- U.S. Olympic Committee Division of Sports Medicine and Science Drug Education & Control Policy, 1988 -- International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Doping Control Regulations, 1986 -- The NCAA Drug-Testing Program, 1988-1989 -- American College of Sports Medicine Position Stands -- Drug policies of major sports organizations: Drug policy of Major League Baseball, 1988; Drug policy of the National Basketball Association, 1988; Drug policy of the National Football League, 1988; Drug policy of the National Hockey League (Letter, March 14, 1988); United States Powerlifting Federation Drug Control Program, 1988; Drug policy of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, 1988; Drug policy of the international Tennis Federation, 1988; Drug policy of the Men's Tennis Council, 1988.
Summary This book presents a comprehensive, balanced, well-researched, yet candid overview of one of the saddest and most unsavory topics of our time. Sad is the tale, because it sets out the enormity of a blight that is damaging or destroying the lives of increasing numbers of young persons. Unsavory it has become, because it necessarily implicates either the neglect or willful greed of trainers, managers, owners, university powers, and media purveyors who have exploited sports for their own small gains with little or no regard for the well-being or fulfillment of the athletes. Chemical shortcuts designed to enhance the athletic prowness, dissolve the tensions, or sharpen the ecstasy of the performer probably have seduced athletes for as long as peaceful physical competition has existed. Today, the drugs have become harder and exert commensurately more devastating permanent effects on the players as the epidemic enlarges and the wide-range of available drugs assume an increasing capacity to enslave- even to kill- their takers. This book describes in detail the scope of the problem, the affected number of athletes, the many substances abused, and the difficulties in treating what has become an international scandal. -- from Foreword
Subject Doping in sports.
Doping in sports -- Testing.
Doping in sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Doping in sports -- Treatment.
Doping in sports -- United States.
Doping in sports -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Sports -- Corrupt practices.
Doping in sports -- Health aspects.
Doping in sports -- Physiological effect.
Anabolic steroids -- Health aspects.
Athletes -- Drug use.
Doping in Sports.
Substance-Related Disorders -- diagnosis.
Athletes -- Drug use.
Indexed Term Sports Drug abuse
Added Author Hainline, Brian, 1955-
ISBN 0803690088
9780803690080

 
    
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