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Performance-enhancing Drugs. Physiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Aspects

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 10 hours

total of: 10 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OSE-TFS-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Dentist
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OSA-EF2-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK TTK

Topic

The course covers performance-enhancing drugs widely used by athletes. After reviewing history and legal control, main groups of performance-enhancing agents are discussed. Physiological and pharmacological characteristics of individual drugs are delineated. Practical aspects of performance-enhancing compounds for clinicians are illustrated through examples.

Lectures

Practices

Seminars

  • 1.

    Introduction

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 2.

    Anabolic steroids

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 3.

    Beta 2 receptor agonists

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 4.

    Creatine

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 5.

    Dietary supplements

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 6.

    Gene doping and metaboic modulators I

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 7.

    Gene doping and metaboic modulators II

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 8.

    Enhancement of oxygen transport

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 9.

    Diuretics and other masking agents

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti
  • 10.

    Prohibited methods

    - Pozsgai Gábor, Göntér Kitti

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Michael S. Bahrke, Charles E. Yesalis: Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise, 1st edition, Human Kinetics, 2002

David R. Mottram: Drugs in Sport, 5th edition, Routledge, 2010

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

The semester can be accepted if the student visits the classes and fills out the test at the end of the course.

Mid-term exams

There is a test exam at the end of the course.

Making up for missed classes

Not possible.

Exam topics/questions

1. Introduction

2. Anabolic steroids

3. Beta 2 receptor agonists

4. Creatine

5. Dietary supplements

6. Gene doping and metaboic modulators I

7. Gene doping and metaboic modulators II

8. Enhancement of oxygen transport

9. Diuretics and other masking agents

10. Prohibited methods

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Göntér Kitti
  • Pozsgai Gábor
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