Products Legally, a distinction can be made between legal intoxicants (e.g., alcohol, nicotine) and prohibited substances (e.g., many hallucinogens, some amphetamines, opioids). Some substances, such as the opioids or the benzodiazepines, are used as drugs and are legally available with a doctor’s prescription. However, their use as intoxicants is not intended and is therefore referred … Intoxicant
Products Vitamin C is commercially available in the form of tablets, lozenges, effervescent tablets, sustained-release capsules, as a solution for injection, and as a powder, among others. Vitamin C is available as an open product in pharmacies and drugstores. It is also combined fixed with other active ingredients, for example with iron, acetylsalicylic acid, vitamins … Vitamin C
General information Ephedrine is used in many medicines to treat colds and asthma. There have been many cases of unintentional doping, in which the active ingredient ephedrine has been found in athletes who have actually caught a cold. Thus, ephedrine, similar to caffeine, is tolerated at a limit concentration. The limit is 10 μg/ml urine. … Ephedrine
Products Heroin (med. diamorphine) is commercially available as an injectable and in tablet form (Diaphin). It has been approved as a drug in many countries since 2001. Structure and properties Heroin is a diacetylated derivative of the opium ingredient morphine and belongs to the opioid group. It is present in drugs as diamorphine hydrochloride monohydrate … Heroin
Products Doping agents include approved drugs, legal and illegal intoxicants, experimental agents, and illegally manufactured and trafficked substances. Doping includes non-drug doping methods, such as blood doping, in addition to drugs. Effects Doping agents differ in their pharmacological activities. Stimulants, for example, stimulate and thus increase alertness and aggressiveness for competition. In contrast, beta-blockers provide … Doping in Competitive Sports
Products Alkaloids and their derivatives are contained as active ingredients in numerous medicines. They have been used medicinally for thousands of years, such as opium with morphine or coca leaves with cocaine. In 1805, a pure alkaloid was extracted for the first time by the German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner with morphine. Structure and properties Alkaloids … Alkaloids
Products Medicines containing desomorphine are not available in many countries. Desomorphine is a narcotic subject to enhanced prescription (dispensing category A+). It was commercially available decades ago under the brand name Permonid (Roche). Structure and properties Desomorphine (C17H21NO2, Mr = 271.4 g/mol) is des-O-morphine, i.e., morphine lacking an oxygen. It is equivalent to morphine except … Desomorphine
Definition A generally valid definition of doping is not very easy. The definition must be clear and must not leave any room for interpretation. The IOC’s definition of doping therefore includes the term prohibited groups of active substances in order to automatically prohibit newly developed substances based on their group of active substances. Doping is … Doping
Interesting example The altitude training causes the increase of the hematocrit value of the blood in a similar way as the intake of erytropoietin. The latter counts as doping, but not altitude training. This should give food for thought to the existing doping discussion. The justification for banning the use of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances is … Interesting example | Doping
Products Analgesics are available in numerous dosage forms. These include, for example, tablets, effervescent tablets, powders, granules, suppositories, syrups, transdermal patches, and injectables. One of the oldest painkillers is opium, which is obtained from the incised, immature capsules of the opium poppy. It has been used medicinally for thousands of years. The first synthetic analgesics, … Painkiller
Products Morphine is available in many countries in various dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, oral suspension, syrup, morphine drops, suppositories, and injectables. It is also prepared in pharmacies as an extemporaneous formulation. Structure and properties Morphine (C17H19NO3, Mr = 285.3 g/mol) is present in drugs mainly as morphine hydrochloride and as morphine sulfate pentahydrate. These … Morphine: Drug Effects, Side Effects, Dosage and Uses
Opioids, such as fentanyl, are used in sports as a drug for doping. The aim is not to directly increase performance, but rather to suppress the pain-induced cessation of exercise. Opioids are differentiated into endogenous opioids, which the organism releases in pain situations, and external to guided opioids for therapeutic treatment or abusive treatment in … Opioids
