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    Why Do Athletes Use EPO?

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    Athletes for years have been trying new drugs and training in order to gain a competitive edge over their components. A more recent pharmaceutical drug those athletes are trying would be Erythropoietin, or EPO. According to an entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica, EPO works by “increasing or decreasing the rate of red cell production in accordance with need.” Athletes are taking this hormone by injecting it into their bloodstream in order to enhance their performance, otherwise known as blood doping

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    One of the main issues associated with performance enhancing drugs is the health risk. For athletes to excel for a short amount of time they need to take enhancers which leaves a long term damaging effect on the body. In some cases athletes have died from taking the drugs and they have also died from withdrawal. Between 1987, shortly after athletes are believed to have begun using EPO, and 1990, 20 young Belgian and Dutch cyclists died due to heart complications causing blockages leading to cardiac

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    1990’s. For the athletes the use of steroids are cheap, easy to access, and effective; that is until now. Collegiate Student Athletes should be drug tested every season for illegal substances before they are allowed to play. There are many reasons why these athletes should be tested, such as the negative effect steroids have on their bodies, the drugs are illegal to use, and if caught using these drugs the athletes careers could be over. First off, Steroids are one of the major illegal drugs

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    anything to be the best. Many athletes have taken the traits of being a competitor way too far and wants to raise their chance of winning and being the best. A large number of athletes use performance-enhancing drugs, such as steroids, to become the best they can be. Steroids should not be accepted in sports. Performance-enhancing substances, also known as performance enhancing drugs, are substances that are used to improve any form

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    in which doping is most endemic to its subculture, however a number of professional sports have been embroiled in drug scandals. Because of the many revelations about the number of baseball players who used steroids to get their record-breaking statistics, the 1990s are often called the 'steroid' era of baseball. The Olympic track and field star Marian Jones was stripped of her medals, after finally admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs (Lardon 2008). "Despite the health risks, and despite

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    or other substance which has a psychological effect when digested or otherwise introduced in the body (Dictionary).” There are many different types of drugs, e.g. anabolic steroids, diuretics and stimulants (performance enhancing drugs). These drugs are not the only ones used but these are one of the most common ones. Anabolic Steroids is used for allowing muscle to grow quicker, work harder and recover faster form any

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    Health Risk "If each of us ought to be free to assume risks that we think are worth taking, shouldn't athletes have the same freedom as anyone else? In particular, if athletes prefer the gains in performance allegedly provided by the use of steroids, along with the increased risk of harm to the alternative of less risk and worse performance, what gives anyone the right to interfere with their choice? After all, if we should not forbid smokers from risking their health by smoking, why should we prohibit

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    If you could be any famous athlete, who would it be? You might admire them for their physical ability, but mental ability also plays a huge role. It is even more important than physical ability. Yes, the athletes have trained and are in good shape, but there is more than meets the eye. To many of us, sports are a way of chasing our dreams, but why? What in sports is so great? In “Why we Run”, the author states,” I think it is because without dream-”antelopes,” to chase we become what a lapdog

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    What is sildenafil citrate? Sildenafil citrate is one of the drugs of choice for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. It is a selective inhibitor of cGMP-PDE5 or the cyclic guanosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5. Since erectile dysfunction or impotence is estimated to affect more than 140 million men around the world, many tend to resort to medications such as this drug. More than half of these affected men have physical or medical issues that lead to their impotence such as

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    of sports today is many athletes are taking steroids so they can win. They are cheating and shouldn’t be considered a legend. Also it's very dangerous for athletes to take steroids and it ruins their health. This is because when athletes take steroids they get much stronger and it gives them a better advantage than other athletes. Many people think that these athletes have records and played like a legend in the game only did it because they took steroids. People believe that they didn’t deserve to

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