Performance-Enhancing Drugs or Treatments. Explain why these three are banned from the sports world :erythropoietin, creatine, and blood doping

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Ergogenic aids are illegal, non-steroidal substances that get linked to improving sports performance. The term ergogenic means an increase in the rate of work output and it refers to any material or technique that improves athletic performance beyond an athlete’s natural ability and training. Blood doping, Creatine, and Erythropoietin are such examples of ergogenic drug that athlete’s use to harness their running and training prowess (Shane 260).
However, while some ergogenic aids are legal, some have been banned by sports organizations for various reasons. Blood doping is a technique that got discovered as a performance-enhancing technique by researchers in Finland and Sweden. The drug got banned from the sports world due to its known advantages in improving aerobic endurance and slowing muscular fatigue by transporting additional red blood cells to muscles. Blood doping entails removing and storing about one liter of an athlete’s blood one or two months before the competition. It then infuses the blood back into the athlete shortly before the game (261).
Erythropoietin is another drug that got banned from the sports world. A hormone produced by the kidneys in response to hypoxia and that stimulates production of red blood cells. Clinically, EPO is used in treating anemia in dialysis patients. However, world-class athletes have been known to ingest the hormone. It reduces the onset of muscular fatigue, which provides an unfair advantage to distance runners.

The drug also appears to improve the regulation of internal body temperature or thermoregulation. The American Sports Organization considers blood doping unethical, and sports governing bodies have banned its use.
Creatine is a typically chemical found in one’s whole body, mostly in muscles. It is created by one’s whole body and can also get acquired from certain foods. Fish and foods are excellent resources of creatine. It can also get established in the lab and gets commonly used for enhancing exercise efficiency and increasing muscle tissue in sportsmen and seniors. Although there is a hot debate on whether to legalize creatine in the world of sports, it remains to be an ergogenic aids substances and are illegal in the world of sports. It is said that creatine may cause an electrolyte discrepancy leading to pains and liquid preservation and thus not good for the athletes in the world of sports (Schepsis, Anthony & Busconi 39).
Works Cited
Schepsis, Anthony A, and Brian D. Busconi. Sports Medicine. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. Internet resource
Murphy Shane. The Sport Psych Handbook. (2009). Print.