PEDs

• Anabolic steroids:

  Stimulate muscle growth

  Negatives: liver cancer, organ damage, high blood pressure, aggression, depression

  Positives: fast recovery, increased muscle mass
• Stimulants:

  Speeds up parts of brain and body

  Negatives: aggression, increased heart rate and blood pressure, addictive

  Positives: increased alertness and energy
• Beta blockers:

  Block adrenaline effect

  Negatives: heart failure

  Positives: reduces anxiety, steady hands
• Diuretics:

  Increased volume of urine removed from the body

  Negatives: dehydration, kidney failure, heart failure

  Positives: weight loss, difficult to detect banned substances
• Narcotic analgesics

  Negatives: affect concentration

  Positives: compete while ill
• EPOs:

  Negative: thick blood, blood clots, strokes

  Positive: improves aerobic capacity
• Growth Hormones:

  Negative: joint pain, fluid retention - swelling

  Positive: increase muscle size, speed up recovery from muscle fatigue
• Blood doping:

  Negative: kidney failure, blood born infection. blood clots, allergy

  Positive: oxygen transport