1. Performance enhancing drugs
Scott Bruno
Audience: Young Athletes

2. Different Types of peds
Anabolic Steroids
Androstenedione
Human Growth Hormones
Erythropoietin
Diuretics
Creatine
Stimulants

3. Anabolic steroids Enhance muscle building Accountable for male traits
Helps athletes recover quicker
Taken orally or injected

4. dangers Men Women Baldness Testicles shrink Infertility Acne
Organ Damage
Deepen Voice
Increased body hair
Baldness
Absent periods
Organ Damage

5. Androstenedione Produced by the adrenal glands, testes and ovaries
Improved to testosterone in males
Converted to estradiol in females
Prescription is required for legal use
Allows athletes to train harder and recover quicker

6. dangers Men Women Acne Loss of sperm Testicles begin to shrink
Breasts begin to form
Acne
Deeper voice
Male traits form
Baldness

7. Human growth hormones Has anabolic effect
Taken to improve muscle mass and performance
Has not been clinically proven to improve muscle
Prescription needed, can only be injected
Known as gonadotropin

8. dangers Joint pain Weaker muscles Carpel tunnel High cholesterol
Hypertension
Diabetes

9. Erythropoietin Used to treat amenia
Allows oxygen to get to muscles faster
Increases red blood cells and hemoglobin
Mostly used by endurance athletes

10. dangers
Death
Stroke
Heart attack
Pulmonary Edema

11. Diuretics Change body’s natural fluids Can decrease athletes weight
Helps athletes with drug tests
Known as a “masking” agent

12. Dangers Dehydration Cramps Exhaustion Dizziness Drop in blood pressure
Heatstroke
Death

13. Creatine Most popular supplement Naturally produced by the body
Helps muscle produce more adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Found in meat products
Not proven to enhance performance

14. dangers
Cramps-both muscle and stomach
Nausea
Diarrehea
Weight gain

15. stimulants Increase heart rate and blood pressure
Include caffeine and amphetamines
Street drug stimulants include cocaine and methamphetamine
Improves endurance
Reduces fatigue

16. dangers Dehydration Heatstroke Addiction Insomnia
Tolerance to the drug