The effects of performance-enhancing drugs use on human physiology and sports performance

Napretkom znanosti i tehnologije razvijaju se i nove metode dopinga kojima sportaši pokušavaju poboljšati svoju izvedbu i osigurati vrhunske rezultate, ali isto tako razvijaju se i metode detekcije tih supstanci. Sportaši često zanemaruju i učinak tih supstanci na njihovo fiziološko i mentalno zdravlje te se koristeći dopingom izlažu velikim rizicima. Cilj ovog rada je opisati stimulanse koji su zabranjeni od strane Svjetske antidopinške agencije tijekom i van natjecanja te supstance koje nisu zabranjene, ali imaju učinak na tijelo, način na koji oni poboljšavaju sportsku izvedbu, neželjene učinke koje njihova zloupotreba uzrokuje i načine na koje se njihova prisutnost može detektirati.Science and technology advancement has led to development of many new perfomance-enhancing drugs used by athletes to achieve winning results. Simultaneously, new ways to detect those drugs have emerged. Athletes often overlook the effect those drugs can have on the physiological and mental health; using them they expose themselves to great health risks. This paper describes performance-enhancing drugs that are banned by the World Antidoping Agency and those that are not, but possess the ability to affect one's perfomance. This paper also reviews the side effects of abusing those drugs and methods by which the illegal perfomance-enhancing drugs are detected