PED Research Papers

A PED or a performance enhancing drug is a drug which helps the user to improve on any form of activity performance. Athletes and bodybuilders use PED’s to enhance their performance. There are many types of PEDs, one is the anabolic drug. It is the most common and it is to build up muscle. They are steroids, hormones, and human growth hormone. The effects are giving the user extra strength, speed, and increases their size. It can be detected by a urine sample from the user. The side effects are severe acne, oily skin, hair loss, liver disease, liver tumors and cysts, kidney disease, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, altered moods, irritability, increased aggression, depression or feeling suicidal, alterations in cholesterol and other blood

lipids, high blood pressure, gynecomastia, shrinking of testicals, azoospermia, menstrual irregularities in women, infertility, excess facial or body hair, deeper voice in women, stunted growth in teens. Ergogenic aids is used to delay fatigue and increase power output at constant levels of perceived exertion. The effect is to allow the user to do more work in the sport or activity that they do without feeling tired or fatigue. They can go on longer than usual. It can be detected by a urine sample from the user. The side effects are stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, vision problems, dizziness, mild headaches, sweating, mild skin rash, numbness, tingling, or cold feelings in your hands or feet, nervous feeling, insomnia , or weight loss. Stimulants is to improve alertness. The effects is improving muscle strength and endurance but also decreasing reaction time and fatigue. It can be detected by a urine sample from the user. The side effects are loss of appetite, increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, dilation of pupils, disturbed sleep patterns, nausea, bizarre, erratic, sometimes violent behavior, hallucinations, hyperexcitability, irritability, panic and psychosis. Adaptogens neutralizes the environmental and physical stressor. The effects is to calm the athlete down before an event. It has no side effects so far and is safe. It is still under study to further explore the drug more. Nootropics is to improve memory. The effects are to increase working memory storage. It can be detected by a urine sample from the user. The side effects are rare but they do happen if they take a super large dose and they experience headaches, GI tract issues, fatigue, insomnia and anxiety. Painkillers allow performance beyond the usual pain levels. The effects is it allow someone to feel less pain that they should feel so that they feel relief. The side effects are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, confusion, addiction, unconsciousness, respiratory depression, increased risk of heart attack, coma, and even death. It can be detected by a urine test. Sedatives and anxiolytics is commonly used in sports like archery to help overcome nervousness or discomfort. The effect is to calm down athletes so that they can be relaxed, calmed, and focus. It can be detected by a urine test. The side effect is that it can be addictive, and a person can become dependent on it physically and suffer from withdrawals if they don’t consume the drug. Blood boosters is used to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood beyond the individual's natural capacity. They are used in endurance sports. It can be detected by a urine test. The side effects are risk of Injuries, kidney failure, sleep apnea, polycythemia, acne, behavioral changes, prostate cancer, depression.
The use of PEDs has been heavily debated since it’s been banned from the olympics in 1967 which resulted in many sport leagues to follow and test their players for PEDs.

The ethic opinions of PED is mostly one side for the public but split in expert side. The public ethic opinion is against athletes and people using PEDs because it is considered cheating in the public eyes. PED does enhance the user to improve in any form of activity performance. It lets them improve in such a shorter amount of time than if they train their bodies naturally. It helps them to be in a better shape than their competitors. But it’s cheating because the competitors didn’t consume the drug also which gives the PED user an unfair advantage. It is like a kid who studys for a test for a whole week and gets a 85 on it. But the other kids doesn’t study and cheats on it, and gets a 95 on it. People wouldn’t like that and the person who cheated didn’t deserve that grade that they received. People wouldn’t trust them, respect, or believe them. It’s the same for someone who trained a whole year for a event but comes in second to the person who took PEDs and barely trained for it. People wouldn’t respect the person who won and used PED and would believe that the person who came in second place should’ve won instead. Also taking PEDs comes with a risk to the user health in the long run in some cases. In extreme cases it may even result in death. The expert opinion is more split. The experts who are against it agree with the public opinion. But the experts who disagree say that they should be allowed to take it. Some doctors and athletes say it should be allowed because it allows the user to get better even faster. They also say that if everyone takes them, then it’s a even playing field because everyone is using the same advantaging which is making it fair. They also say that athletes are under a lot of pressure to be great and that PEDs help them become greater even faster. They say that every

athlete should be able to decide if they want to use it to be great and live up to expectations. But we also must not forget that not many athletes make it to the professional leagues, college or even high school teams. It is a privilege to be a athlete in these leagues and teams, and every player should be professional and honest. They’re the few that made it and are allowed to make a living from their sport that they have so much passion and love for. They have the talent and work ethic which is the only advantage they need to be great. Using PEDs should stay banned and be considered cheating because it is giving someone an unfair advantage. It also may/have rob the other person who work so hard in a honest way to be the one on top. They get robbed from this and it’s unfair to them. But the biggest issue why PEDs should stay being ban is that it cause a lot of health issues like hair loss, liver disease, kidney disease, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, depression or suicidal tendencies, stomach pain, nausea, headaches, and increase heart rate which can result in the user death. This is why PEDs should be ban and no one should use them because of all the health issues which can result in death. It’s better to put hard work in the gym or train than to take short cuts that may result in possible death. Also to be the best that you can be, be healthy and proud of what you are and have.