Drugs in Sport

by David Mottram (Editor), Neil Chester (Editor)

Overview

Drugs in Sport is the most comprehensive and accurate text on the emotive, complex and critical subject of performance enhancement and doping within sport. Thoroughly updated in light of the latest World Anti-Doping Code and taking into account the latest regulations, procedures and landmark cases, this 8th edition explores the science behind drug use in sport, as well as its ethical, social, political and administrative context.

Introducing an increased focus on athletes with specific needs and on corrupt doping practices, the book covers key topics including:

- an evaluation of the prevalence of doping in sport;

- the latest doping control regulations stipulated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA);

- the science and side effects of each major class of drug used in sport;

- cutting-edge issues such as drug use by transgender athletes;

- medical and anti-doping considerations for athletes with an impairment;

- governance and corruption in sport including institutionalised doping;

- issues surrounding sport nutrition and supplement use in sport;

- medical and pharmaceutical services at major sporting events.

Accessibly written, and supported throughout with illustrative case studies and data, Drugs in Sport provides a crucial and objective resource for students and researchers, athletes, sports scientists, coaches and athlete-support staff, journalists, sports administrators and policymakers, alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000529586
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/24/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

David Mottram is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He was a member of the organising committee for pharmacy services for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and part of the medical services team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. David is currently providing education and training programmes on drug use in sport and on doping control for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Testing Agency (ITA).

Neil Chester is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His teaching commitments are in exercise physiology with a particular focus in sports nutrition, supplementation, drug use and anti-doping in addition to research ethics and ethics in sport and professional practice. Neil works closely with UK Anti-Doping in a research, consultancy and testing capacity and is a member of the British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences Integrity Advisory Group and Clean Sport Interest Group.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Context and Regulation of Drug Use in Sport

1. Drugs and their Use in Sport

2. The Evolution of Doping and Anti-doping in Sport

3. Prevalence of Doping in Sport

4. Regulation of Anti-doping in Sport – International and National Operational Frameworks

5. Doping Control in Sport

6. The Role of Athlete Support Personnel in Drug Use in Sport

7. Medical and Pharmacy Services for International Games

Section 2: Substances and Methods Used and Misused in Sport

8. Anabolic Agents

9. Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances and Mimetics

10. Beta-2 Agonists

11. Hormone and Metabolic Modulators

12. Diuretics and Masking Agents

13. Manipulation of Blood and Blood Components

14. Chemical and Physical Manipulation

15. The potential for gene and cell doping in sport

16. Stimulants

17. Caffeine

18. Cannabinoids

19. Glucocorticoids

20. Narcotics

21. Non-narcotic analgesics and Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

22. Beta Blockers

23. Alcohol

24. Sports Nutrition, Supplements and Herbal Preparations

Section 3: Evolving Issues Concerning Drug Use in Sport

25. Drug Use in Society and the Potential Impact on the Anti-doping Movement

26: Inadvertent Use of Prohibited Substances in Sport

27. Hormonal Treatments for Transgender Athletes and Athletes with a

Difference of Sex Development

28. Medical and Anti-doping Consideration for Athletes with Disability

29. Governance and Corruption in Sport with Respect to Doping

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Nicholas C Welter, MD (Oregon Health and Science University)
Description: This is the seventh edition of the single most valuable book on illegal performance enhancement in sport. It covers a vast array of topics from pathophysiology and historical perspectives to current regulations and the direction of ongoing efforts to circumvent regulation to find the next undetectable ergogenic aid. The previous edition was published in 2015.
Purpose: The authors make clear their aim to provide the definitive book on this subject for all interested parties: athletes, coaches, the media, policymakers, and those in the medical field. That purpose is vast and, despite the difficulty of capturing an ever-evolving field, the book is an overwhelming success. While dense for the merely curious layperson, this book meets the stated objective and delivers a comprehensive resource that is impressively up to date.
Audience: It is written with professional athletes, athletic support staff, and sports medicine or exercise physiologists in mind. For this group, it will serve as an invaluable resource. Those with a general curiosity or quick clinical question, however, would be better served by a more accessible format. The authors are clearly credible experts and, in fact, sit on U.K. and international committees involved in governing performance enhancing drugs in sport.
Features: The book covers nearly all substances and drugs, methods and regulations pertaining to performance enhancement in sport, both permitted and banned. Along the way, it addresses history, updated regulations, and possible exemptions. It also discusses prevalence, popularity, specific examples of misuse, and even gene doping. While graphics, tables, and charts are readily available, the book's readability and layout are somewhat lacking. There are few shortcomings to note, but for U.S. readers, more specific coverage of NCAA regulations would be greatly appreciated and would elevate the book from essential to definitive.
Assessment: As a sports medicine physician, I believe this book is essential to any library, and no other resource available to me has come close to offering this level of coverage of performance enhancing drugs. That said, its usefulness as a quick access resource could be improved by including a section with a quick-glance table of banned vs. exempted vs. permitted drugs. Adding NCAA-specific regulations would also be of significant benefit. Frequent updating of a book like this is absolutely mandatory.

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