Master athletes tested for performance enhancing drugs too

[Steroid News]

Older athletes create a challenge for the World Anti-Doping Agency, which usually deals with elites who aren't on hormone-replacement drugs for menopause, age-related, erectile-dysfunction medicine like Viagra, or all manner of hypertension meds.

"The age and medical conditions that are encountered in masters athletes do raise some unique considerations,"said Stan Perkins, WMA president. " ... Where appropriate, amendments to our testing procedures can be considered."

Yet Perkins and U.S. masters track and field officials defend testing.

"Masters athletes are no different (than) other people within our world," Perkins said. "In some, the competitive spirit continues to fiercely dominate and, unfortunately, for some this means they will take risks and do whatever they can to win." [...]

Perceptions aside, athletes using prescription drugs must complete a "therapeutic use exemption" form. Harada, for instance, has an exemption form on file for the inhalant she uses for exercise-induced asthma.

Older athletes with hypertension need to know that the medications Diamox and Lozol are banned, but Lisinopril and Procardia are not. The cholesterol medicine Lipitor is approved, but prostate cancer medicine Zoladex is prohibited (due to peptide hormones). Albuterol spray for asthma is fine; injectable albutrol is banned. Allergy meds such as Claritin are cleared, but Dimetapp is not.

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[ergomaniac]

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"it demeans a performance and is unfair"
it demeans ones self to deny. peds work. and they dont work alone. they enhance. its only unfair if someone is cheating. integrity from within.
"concerns about performance enhancing drug use among athlethics, for whom sucess on the track is a point of pride and not a money making venture, has led to random urine testing of athletes at all world masters athleteics international events. next month in ohio, the us national championships will introduce drug testing."
if its a point of pride and not money. whats the big deal. what can be acomplished with them?or without them. you choose.
"athletes lament that the use of banned substances such as anabolic steroids and stimulants has sullied their sports do it for fun gestalt."
whats not fun about performing better. running faster. longer. lifting more.
"many are scrambling to make sure their prescription medications are legal and, if they arent, to secure a medical exemption report."
interesting. who decides which precriptions to use. especially with wada working with drug companies. that raises concerns. and is a serious conflict of interests.
"in some the competative spirit continues fiercely and unfortunately for some this means they will take risks and do whatever they can to win."
the user takes the risk. so stop trying to babysit. these are adults. and the consequences outway the risk a lot of times.
"perceptions aside athletes using perscription drugs must complete a "therapeutic exemption" form.
again which drugs on the list.
"bob weiner... said its sad to wonder whether the runner next to him on the starting line is juiced"
who cares. what was his time. is it faster. and what does "juiced" mean. anything on the list. even if its not juice. all the same?
"but harada the 76 year old miler has no worries."
"i know most of the people in my age group, and none of them look like theyre on anything. were all shriveling and shrinking"
and what if it didnt have to be like that. chronological and biological age arent the same. so if at 76 and running 8 min miles. why not everyone. the phrase the wise old man come to mind. but a lot of times the body wears out. why not try to slow that. to enhance physical performance. so that wisdom continues. and grows. no one looks down on the sick man taking medicine to cure an illness. is he weak. why not let the immune system take care of that. naturally. why innoculate against certain disease. why take precription drugs. for anything. doesnt this enhance performance. if not only daily activity. why take asprin. let your head pound? cold medicine. cant cure the common cold. but i can alleviate some symptoms. or should i just suffer. idk. i dont get colds. the flu shot. everyone get the flu? builds integrity. for some reason there is a difference. what is medicine. and why do we try to find it. to feel better. to perform better. sometimes to look better. yes. it matters. and who is to decide. round here theres a drug store on every corner. but "drugs" are bad. medicine is good. im thinking. this eclipses everything. feeling good. its what its all about. its what motivates people. no one chooses drugs that make them feel bad. thats called poison. so for me this is now all the same. bigger. faster. stronger. better. in more ways than one. and which way. up to those who choose to use.