Sports medicine is the study and practice of medical principles related to sports. It is used for sports injury diagnosis and treatment, injury prevention, and improving athletic performance through exercise, nutrition, and psychology. Common drugs used in sports medicine include anabolic-androgenic steroids to build muscle, peptide hormones and beta-blockers to improve strength and reduce anxiety, stimulants to reduce fatigue, and diuretics to quickly reduce weight for certain sports. However, drug abuse is banned in most amateur and professional sports due to health and ethical issues. Stricter drug testing and penalties are advocated to curb illegal performance enhancement.

1. MEDICINES USED IN THE
FIELD OF SPORTS
ANIRUDDHA GHOSH
B.PHARM , 2nd SEMESTER

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What is Sports Medicine?
Sports medicine is the study and
practice of medical principles related to
the science of sports. Sports medicine is
a specialization that mixes both the
fitness and medical fields. Sports
medicine is an area of the fitness
industry that is becoming more popular
as the needs arise. With injury occurring
more frequently in sports, the benefits of
sports medicine are becoming more
widely recognized.

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What do we use Sports
Medicine for?
•Sports Injury Diagnosis and
Treatment
•Sports Injury Prevention
•Sports Training and Athletic
Performance, including:
 Exercises and Workouts
 Sports Nutrition
 Sports Psychology

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Where Sports Medicine is
used …
 Athletic training
 Biomechanics
 Exercise physiology
 Physical therapy
 Nursing
 Sport psychology
 Nutrition

5. Reasons for taking drugs
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COMMON DRUGS
 Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
 Peptide Hormones
 Beta-Blockers
 Stimulants
 Diuretics

7. Anabolic-Androgenic
Steroids
PROS :
 Promotes Muscle building
 Imparts Masculinity
 Increases Endurance
 Enhances Erythropoesis
CONS :
 Hypercalcemia
 Edema
 Thrombolic Events
 Liver Dysfunction
 Psychiatric Disorders
 Cancer
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ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC
STEROIDS ARE MARKETED AND IS
QUITE POPULAR AMONGST
PLAYERS

8. Peptide Hormones
PROS :
 Stimulates Lipolysis
 Increases Gluconeogenesis
 With anabolic-androgenic
steroids, it increases
muscle strength
CONS :
 Psychosis
 Glucose Intolerance
 Heart Disease
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GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING
HEXAPEPTIDES ARE MAINLY USED
TO GAIN STRENGH

9. Beta-Blockers
PROS :
 Improves anaerobic events
 Reduces heart rate
 Decreases tremors
and shaking
CONS :
 Bradycardia
 Fatigue
 Impotence
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BETA BLOCKERS SUCH AS PROPANOLOL , ARE USED
BY TRAP SHOOTERS TO IMPROVE THEIR STEADINESS
AND REFLEXES

10. Stimulants
PROS :
 Stimulates the Central Nervous System
 Increases Glycogen and Fatty Acid
Metabolism
 Improves reaction time
 Reduces fatigue
CONS:
 Tachycardia
 Insomnia
 Seizures
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CAFFEINE SUPLEMENTS ARE
USED BY PLAYERS IN FAST
ACTION SPORTS

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Diuretics
PROS :
 Used by wrestlers and boxers to lose weight
in a very short period of time
 Diminishes the excretion
of basic stimulants
CONS :
 Electrolyte Imbalance
 Dehydration
 Impairment of body’s
heat-regulatory mechanism
DIURETICS ARE USED BY
PLAYERS TO REDUCE WEIGHT
WITHIN A SHORT TIME

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Drug Abuse
Psychedelics and Hallucinogens are banned
by many amateur and professional sports
organizations. for legal reasons
EXAMPLES:
 Marijuana
 Cocaine
 Heroin
 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA, Ecstasy)
 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
 Mescaline
 Phencyclidine (PCP)

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Crossing the limits ….
 There is a multi million pound drugs industry in
operation whose sole purpose is to enable some
sportsmen and women to illegally enhance their
performance
 It is a very expensive, serious and dangerous game
of cat and mouse
 Now, new drugs become available and there is
improved masking of drugs to help users avoid
detection
 Naive performers and corrupt or inefficient testing
laboratories leave the careers and personal lives of
some innocent performers in tatters, while guilty
competitors go free

14. What should be done ?
 Stricter, more rigorous and out of
season testing
 Stricter punishments
 Co-ordinated education programmes
for athletes and coaches which
highlight the health and moral issues
surrounding drugs and sport
 Unified policies about the issue
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