Performance-enhancing Drugs. Physiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Aspects

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2021-2022

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
  • Dentistry
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OSA-EF2-T completed

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Available as Campus course for 15 fő számára. Campus-karok: ETK 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
  • 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

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

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

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

  • Dr. Pozsgai Gábor