Medical care of athletes in the era of performance enhancing drugs of sport (PEDOS) syndrome
Cummiskey, J.
Irish Medical Journal 92(4): 325-327
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 10453109 Document Number: 498019
We have arrived at a watershed in the fight against drugs in sport. This must not be looked upon as a war. War eventually has winners and losers. In the fight against drugs in sport we have a major ethical, educational, financial, health and management problem. The solution to the problem will be complex. At this moment in time there is a suggestion that we move away from sports administering the problem, to governments doing the job of controlling drugs in sport. We must remind ourselves that there is no track record for governments doing the job. Perhaps representatives from the two groups, to include athletes, sports administrators, politicians, doctors with an interest in pharmacology, endocrinology, respiratory medicine, sport, and rehabilitation, pharmacists, lawyers, medical and political administrators and laboratory personnel, under the chairmanship of a compassionate person working together may be the answer.