Key Term
Branch of Science that studies the actions of drugs on biological systems.
What is pharmacology?
A chemical agent used in the prevention, treatment, or diagnosis of disease.
What is a drug?
Prevent clots (not normally for sports use but medically important).
What are anticoagulants?
Most commonly abused substance; depresses the central nervous system
What is alcohol?
Substances that are not permitted to be used in any form.
What are banned substances?
A dose of a drug required to produce a desired therapeutic effect.
What is potency?
The rate in which a drug disappears from the body through metabolism, excretion, or both.
What is half-life?
Help form clots.
What are hemostatic agents?
Smoke that contains many of the same harmful chemicals as tobacco smoke.
What is marijuana?
Test used to determine whether athlete has taken any substance that is not allowed.
What is a drug test?
Drugs that have similar biological effects.
What are bioequivalent drugs?
Changing a drug into a water-soluble compound that can be excreted.
What is metabolism?
Tighten vessels (ex: epinephrine)
What are vasoconstrictors.
Increase muscle size, strength, and protein synthesis.
What are anabolic steroids?
Organizations that requires athletes to sign a year-round testing consent form.
What is the NCAA?
The method by which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated, or excreted by the body.
What is pharmacokinetics?
How completely a particular drug is absorbed by the system and available to produce a response.
What is bioavailability?
Increase energy, alertness, and aggression.
What are stimulants?
Athletes who require banned medications for medical reasons.
What is therapeutic exemption?
Transforming a drug so that it can be metabolized.
What is biotransformation?
The volume plasma, or fluid, in which the drug is dissolved and indicates the extent of distribution of that drug.
What is volume of distribution?