Diuretics are drugs that increase the rate of urine flow and sodium excretion to adjust the
volume and composition of body fluids. There are several major categories of this drug class …

The number and diversity of potentially performance-enhancing substances is continuously
growing, fueled by new pharmaceutical developments but also by the inventiveness and, at …

Doping in sports and the fight against it has gained increasing attention in recent years. The
pharmacological basis for a possible performance enhancement in competitive sport …

Monitoring the misuse of drugs and the abuse of substances and methods potentially or
evidently improving athletic performance by analytical chemistry strategies is one of the …

The aim of this paper is to present the development and validation of a high-resolution full
scan (HR-FS) electrospray ionization (ESI) liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole …

Background: In recent years, there has been a solid effort across all sports organizations to
reduce the prevalence and incidence of doping in sport. However, the efficacy of current …

Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the
eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be …

This review examines the pharmacology of stimulants prohibited by the World Anti‐Doping
Agency (WADA). Stimulants that increase alertness/reduce fatigue or activate the …

Abstract The International Olympic Committee (IOC) published the first list of doping classes
in 1967. Since that time, there have been significant problems associated with doping …

The illicit utilization of performance-enhancing substances, commonly referred to as doping,
not only infringes upon the principles of fair competition within athletic pursuits but also …