Question

What can be the Study period in use of performance enhancing drugs?

Answer 1

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The use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by preteenagers and teenagers has increased tremendously over the past decade. This trend is driven by multiple factors, including the decrease in the age of participation in competitive sports; the increase in popularity of team/competitive sports; the focus of the media on thinness in females and muscular bodies in males; pressure from parents and coaches; the age-related characteristics of taking risks and feeling invincible; and the availability of various PEDs in many forms and shapes.

The pediatric clinician must be aware of the use of performance-enhancing substances by pediatric patients; be prepared to identify risk factors, signs, and symptoms; ask screening questions; and offer anticipatory guidance related to their use. Table 1 lists the common classes of PEDs. This review will focus on a select group of commonly used PEDs. The reader should know that anabolic steroids are synthetic substances derived from testosterone and are also called anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) or just “steroids.” Steroid precursors also are used as performance-enhancing agents.