Know the facts about Dope Test
Often, we find in newspaper that some athletes or sportsman could not pass dope test and their medals or award have been taken back or s/he has been banned from the game. Very recently Nigerian athlete in Delhi Commonwealth Olympic Games could not pass dope test and her Gold medal was taken back. For any athlete this is very shameful situation. Athletes are the representative of a country, so such situation also makes the respective country embarrassed. Dope test — an official test to discover whether a person or an animal taking part in a competition has been given any drugs to make their performance better. The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports is commonly referred to by the disparaging term "doping", particularly by those organisations that regulate competitions. Like the drug use in athletes, it is also common in horse racing and other equestrian sports and in greyhound racing. Drugs those are used for performance enhancement are: Strychnine, Amphetamine, anabolic steroids, some analgesics containing performance enhancing agents and other stimulating hormones. Whether a person has taken such agent or not prior to performance can be identified by examining his /her urine. Lab test of urine alone is enough but some times blood may be needed to examine. Awareness, attitudinal change and sincere united effort by all the participants and country can reduce it to minimum level. It was a regional problem now has become a global problem. We all should try to come out from this problem for the shake of healthy sports. The writer is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Community Based Medical College (CBMC), Mymensingh. E-mail : mmukkhan@gmail.com
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