Anabolic Steroids And Drug Testing part

There are drug tests carried out in almost all modern day sporting events. Although we tend to always hear the contrary through the media, it is in fact a common fact that the majority of competitors actually use performance enhancing drugs prior to or even right up to an event. There is nothing abnormal in wanting to get that competitive edge over your opponent and this normally tends to be anabolic steroids along with a concrete plan to "cheat the test" Even with power lifting and body-building competitions it is common place for drug testing to be carried out so that everyone is competing at the same level, apart from the individual's personal talent in that sport.

But the truth of the matter is that the winner tends to be the guy who juices and beats the test. It may not seem to be fair but it's just the way things are in today's competitive sporting world. There are many sporting authorities that only know how it give negative press towards the use of performance enhancing drugs, but the matter of the fact is that it is the individual who has to make that decision. Everyone knows what will happen if you get caught taking them, but once again we are back to gaining the competitive edge.

We often hear of athletes who haven't turned up for a drug tests, which can help an athlete avoid being sanctioned, but we are going to take a closer look at how the test can be beaten. Types of Testing Procedure: When it comes to the tests carried out at sporting events, it is generally the urine which is put to the test for the presence of drugs. This type of testing is what we will be looking into although blood testing isn't that much different, when testing for illegal substances.

Different laboratory testing processes are employed in the testing for performance enhancers so we are going to focus on just how they work in order to be able to beat them. Step 1 will be well prior to your event, that you find out which type of sample analysis is to be employed so that an effective planning to beat the test can begin as soon as possible. Gas Chromatography(GC): This is a method that uses a separation technique to divide up a urine sample back into its component chemical parts. These substances are carried through chromatographic columns by a gas. chromatography is just a way of separating mixtures of compounds from each other, and leads to identification in the majority of cases. The chemical compounds in the urine can be identified by their 'retention time' on the chromatographic column - the retention time is unique for every individual drug, and therefore allows identification.

Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry(GC/MS): This technique uses a combination of gas chromatography, followed by mass spectrometry on the chemicals separated out of the urine on the chromatographic column. The mass spectrometry allows exact identification of the drugs present in the urine by actually giving an exact 'molecular fingerprint' of the chemicals present. That is to say the chemical structure of the drugs present (the atoms present in the drug, and in the order they are bonded together) is given by this method. This is a very expensive test to use, and it could be stated that only sporting organisations with plenty of cash to hand would use it. The test's cost is about one hundred pounds or so per sample (about $200 US). It is quite fair to say that these two test are reasonably accurate, although there is always room for human error.

One example would be due to poor cleaning after the previous test and if that sample should have contained illegal drugs.This would obviously cause contamination and could lead to an incorrect positive test. So in the case that you are found to be positive, make sure you do protest, especially if you were clean or should have been. High Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC): This technique is of particular interest because it is often used on test samples suspected of containing anabolic steroids.

It's basically similar to GC, except that a liquid is used as a carrier for the sample through a chromatographic column, rather than a gas. HPLC is both sensitive and simpler to do than GC. It is often used to check results from other, less sensitive tests.

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