Wired Magazine identifies promising medical and pharmaceutical candidates that may represent the next generation of performance enhancement for Olympic athletes. As with any performance enhancing drug, bodybuilders are always the first guinea pigs to experiment with these drugs in the real world. After they receive the seal of approval from the bodybuilding community, the new drugs are ready for athletes in other professional sports where procedures are refined to avoid detection by anti-doping agencies. Here is a list of Wired’s top ten list they feel will represent the future of doping that almost make anabolic steroids obsolete (“Cheats of Strength: 10 Next-Gen Olympic Doping Methods,” August 15).
- myostatin-inhibitor gene;
- hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) stabilizers;
- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF);
- beta-endorphin gene;
- insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1);
- selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs);
- synthetic blood substitutes e.g. Oxycyte;
- EPO-stimulating agents;
- muscle-fiber gene GW1516;
- mustard oil to increase EPO
About the author
Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.
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