【drug-news】运动员把伟哥当作新的万能灵药
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Athletes take on Viagra as new elixir
John Goodbody | June 23, 2008
ATHLETES are turning to a new performance-enhancing drug: Viagra.
Traces of the drug, which is intended to alleviate sexual dysfunction, are increasingly appearing in the testing of samples from sports competitors.
It has become so widespread that the World Anti-Doping Agency is considering whether to include Viagra on its list of substances banned in international sports.
Christiane Ayotte, head of a WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal, said she regularly identified Viagra and Cialis, a similar product, in the urine of male sports competitors. No action is taken because it is not illegal.
"Each time there is a seizure of banned drugs, you can be sure that there's Viagra and Cialis found as well," she said.
Experts believe that Viagra, which dilates blood vessels, could help in events requiring explosive power, such as sprinting. Others suggest it could help endurance - not so much marathon sex sessions as marathon running - particularly at high altitude or in polluted conditions, such as those expected at the Beijing Olympics. The drug is believed to aid the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to muscles.
Don Catlin, a US expert on doping, said he had suggested several years ago that Viagra could be used to enhance athletic performance.
"I thought there was some reason to be concerned about it and to put it on (WADA's banned) list," he said.
A study of cyclists who took sildenafil citrate (the chemical name for Viagra) while racing at altitude found that it reduced their time over 6km by 15 per cent.
Victor Conte, who ran the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative in San Francisco and supplied banned substances to top competitors, such as runners Marion Jones and Dwain Chambers, has claimed of Viagra: "All my athletes took it. It's bigger than creatine (a legal muscle-building supplement)."
There may be another reason athletes are taking Viagra - to compensate for the impotence brought on by banned hormones.
The Sunday Times
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23905738-5013404,00.html
John Goodbody | June 23, 2008
ATHLETES are turning to a new performance-enhancing drug: Viagra.
Traces of the drug, which is intended to alleviate sexual dysfunction, are increasingly appearing in the testing of samples from sports competitors.
It has become so widespread that the World Anti-Doping Agency is considering whether to include Viagra on its list of substances banned in international sports.
Christiane Ayotte, head of a WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal, said she regularly identified Viagra and Cialis, a similar product, in the urine of male sports competitors. No action is taken because it is not illegal.
"Each time there is a seizure of banned drugs, you can be sure that there's Viagra and Cialis found as well," she said.
Experts believe that Viagra, which dilates blood vessels, could help in events requiring explosive power, such as sprinting. Others suggest it could help endurance - not so much marathon sex sessions as marathon running - particularly at high altitude or in polluted conditions, such as those expected at the Beijing Olympics. The drug is believed to aid the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to muscles.
Don Catlin, a US expert on doping, said he had suggested several years ago that Viagra could be used to enhance athletic performance.
"I thought there was some reason to be concerned about it and to put it on (WADA's banned) list," he said.
A study of cyclists who took sildenafil citrate (the chemical name for Viagra) while racing at altitude found that it reduced their time over 6km by 15 per cent.
Victor Conte, who ran the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative in San Francisco and supplied banned substances to top competitors, such as runners Marion Jones and Dwain Chambers, has claimed of Viagra: "All my athletes took it. It's bigger than creatine (a legal muscle-building supplement)."
There may be another reason athletes are taking Viagra - to compensate for the impotence brought on by banned hormones.
The Sunday Times
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23905738-5013404,00.html
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